Hard Teachers, No Curve...

Folk #1: I am reminded, again, that Nature & Reality are hard teachers. They don't grade on a curve. They don't bend to one's whims, pleadings, excuses, hopes, dreams, wishes. Ignore these teachers at your own peril. Your job as Human Being is to listen, to observe, to experience, to adjust, evolve, reorient yourself based on the lessons of Nature & Reality. One learns very quickly, if one is paying attention at all, that you are connected to everything, a tiny, microscopic being in a vast sea, an infinite, always expanding ocean of beings, phenomena, & experiences. Yes. Humility. Attention to detail. Being open, alive, aware, awake. This is a Universe of wonder, beauty, & joy, mixed with chaos, disorder, destruction. You are "in it, and of it." You, your being, is part of it all & embodies it all. Being in sync, in tune with Nature & Reality; it's a job, a discipline, even if, and as, your conception of your self & life, are subject to radical change. The changes can come in a blink of an eye. Your every thought, belief, & idea can & will be challenged, often smashed to bits. One breath, one moment, and everything is suddenly different. Oh well. It's that kind of Universe, that kind of life. We are here to live it, fully, with eyes wide open. Damn the torpedoes.