The Big Picture

One more time I'm deeply humbled by the magnitude of it all.  I watched NOVA's The Fabric of the Universe "What is space?" and also "The Illusion of Time" productions which played on PBS last night.  They might be showing at http://www.pbs.org/, too. Anyway, I listened to these highly evolved, brilliant, gifted scientists talk about quantum physics, black holes, space travel, Einstein's theories, the Big Bang, the shrinking or stretching of time and space, slowing down or accelerating, antimatter, dark matter, on and on.  Fascinating. Absolutely riveting. What a conversation!  It's like I tuned-in to hear them say their point of view, perspective of the Big Picture of Life.


This morning I read Jenni's short story and I laughed with delight how she describes a nursing mother's point of view of the Big Picture of her Life.  http://sharkreef.org/fiction/this-thing-she-is-now/  How poignantly true.

As I pick and choose what perspectives to listen to I am actively engaged in creating my life.  I can color my world bleak, pensive, tense, stressed, despairing, no hope, why care?  Or I can color it bright, animated, warm, loving, giving and receiving support, hope, relaxed, pleasurable, enjoying life.  Which do I choose?  The power lies in the present moment.  Sometimes I feel so buffeted by Life's myriad possibilities that I use a tactile exercise to get grounded.  When I wiggle my toes, scrunch them, f-e-e-l the surface they are on...the minute I feel this...I'm in the here and now.  That's where I need to be...where GOD is.

Working the Steps take me right there.  X marks the spot.  "The inspired person hits the target...without taking aim."