Yes I remember you sharing that experience a while back and I'm always reminded of the time I stayed in a beach front cottage on the south shore of eastern Long Island. It was early spring, I woke up early, stepped out onto the beach and saw the Atlantic as never before. Placid and still like a sheet of glass, without a ripple, without sound. There was an eeriness about it and I turned to look back at the cottage to see if I was actually there and not dreaming. I tossed a small stone into the water to see if it was real and as you say the ripple slowly traveled away towards the horizon. I didn't want to leave but I went into town for breakfast and when I returned it was as always, the constant churning of the ocean, the curling of the waves crashing on the beach grinding the pebbles into sand. Perhaps my little stone woke up the ocean which slept for that brief moment in time. To answer my own post I would say that I have never really done anything that influenced the world but only the world around me, my immediate world and the people within it. Some people write books, poetry, plays and such that do influence the world, others belong to groups or organizations that influence the world and so my post is simply an inquiry and not to be construed as a judgment or a criticism of anyone who hasn't done anything. I guess we can think of the butterfly effect if we must to say that anything that is done influences the world but that is not what I was getting at.
On Jul 8, 5:45 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > Well SD > I was out sailing one day and ended up becalmed, that is really strange > visually and emotionally. My hand touched the water, when I lifted my hand > up a solitary drop of water fell from my finger striking the Atlantic > Ocean's surface causing a solitary concentric ring to form. I watched that > ring travel to the horizon and beyond, I was shocked to say the least but I > was shown that day that no matter how insignificant an act is , it will > effect the entirety of our world whether we see it or not. > > You ask what have I done? > > I once released a solitary drop of water into an ocean. > > Then I had the privilege of watching that simple act resound in the > universe. > > Today I have shared my drop of water with you, knowing it will resound once > again through the universe! > Allan > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Each of us has a life, one that begins and will end at some point in > > time. Many of us sit and watch the world on television, but what are > > we as individuals doing to influence the world as those that we see on > > television. There are, those of us who sit idly within our private > > worlds and judge the world around us in order to somehow justify our > > own world, to make it right for us, to paint that picture that makes > > our world the right world for each of us. > > The real world is always tomorrow as each of us realize that we are > > soon to become part of the past and that all of what we have fashioned > > for ourselves somehow, someday becomes just a dream. > > One need only to think ahead as a 99 year old person, who stares into > > space reminiscing the past and realizing it was all just a temporary > > ride. > > "What have I done?", "What was I thinking?", "Why did I buy the > > dream?" > > > Have you in some way influenced the world? > > > Are you buying a dream? > > > Do you think that you have some say in the future, your future, the > > future of your progeny, of your planet, of > > your.....................................................? > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
