A New Avenue

Oh my oh my. There is a new world, quite literally at one's finger tips. That's right. I am writing you for the first time on a bus via my blackberry. What a world we live in. A world that is dominated by invisibility.

Wireless technology has always boggled my mind. The transfer of data and information between machines through an avenue which is invisible to the human eye. But the data is not "new" information. Rather, it is the same information that has always been transferred by humans through contact and since the beginning of time. Now our computers are brain-like extensions of ourselves which those in the "developed" world, global north, seem to nourish more and more everyday. Sometimes even more so than our own minds! And of course this is only so true because most knowledge we expect our computers to retain (not access) must go through our minds too. The difference lies in what we let computers substitute for us. For example spelling, phone numbers, even directions now. Let's hope everyone is always taught the sun rises in the east, or we all may become very lost.

So not all of this makes sense but I don't expect it to. It is to create new thought. And I wanted to comment how I was on a bus and wanted to speak so I worte. And more appropriately, I typed to myself.

An interesting quote to ponder...spoken by an US American futurist, Alvin Toffler. "Those who will be illiterate in the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who refuse to learn, unlearn and relearn".

Sometimes I wonder if I should load my blog with popular quotes and the most frequently searched words on google so that my blog will appear on searches and people will read it...the future power of tagging. But there is no real need for that right now. I just wanted to write for a while. Paz!

Joy

I find myself in a place of great joy, a week now since Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America. I do not find joy solely in this great piece of history, but simply because there are many good things in my life these days and it is time to step back and be thankful, grateful, humbled and spirited.

It is often, I have found, though I am fighting this reality, that when so many things are going well, we, or at least I, fear that something "bad" must occur to return the equilibrium of a life that is not fair. I am reminded however, that things can be good. Life can be beautiful and full of joy and there is no need to feel guilty, ashamed or scared of joy. I am in a place in life where I am loved deeply and am giving love, and though it hurts to ever think of the day when either should cease, I can take courage, solace and faith in the fact that there is no reason either should end any time soon. I am blessed and graced by God. God wants us to be happy and here I find myself as such. It is a beautiful thing. A thing I am grateful for and would wish upon all. There is a slowly growing confidence within me that things are as they are currently because they are to be such, and I should embrace them and nourish them. The future holds such possibility and beauty, and though I find myself at times, wishing those moments had already arrived, I am reminded that there are countless more smiles on the way and so there is no need to rush.

This beauty I am experiencing is within the reach of all. The blessings I have been given, I'm sure for some, would not seem as wonderful, but for me they are the world which joys my heart, fulfills my present and inspires my tomorrow. It is part attitude, but part awareness too. Awareness to look up, breathe, and simply know that what you have is great. To wake each morning with confidence and to lay each night with gratitude. And so God, thank you, and may the world continue to breed love tomorrow.