We had the pleasure today of getting a visit from Marc, Nicole, and their kids… It's seriously the most wonderful time I've had for a while; just playing and launching model rockets and laughing as they chased the dog and the dog chased them. It's funny; four years ago I was Mr. Technology that was ready to pledge his life to robots; I cancelled my vasectomy only days before it was scheduled.
I can't imagine what a horrible mistake that would have been. I have a number of “legacies” (not just BME) but having the privilege of being able to take part in this wonderful cycle that makes Gaia live forever just brings me more joy than I can describe. Life is good if you let it be good. Watching kids grow up you realize that the “natural state” of the world is happy, free, and good… It's so weird that we messed up adults have allowed it to become anything but…
God* (or whatever) gave us this incredible world to enjoy ourselves in — God wants us to be happy. So let's do it… We didn't get cast out from the Garden of Eden because God didn't love us any more. We were cast out because we declared our independence. It was simply a metaphor for growing up. God wants us to recreate it for ourselves, to pass on the splendor and joy he tried to give us, not to hurt each other.
It was a reward, not a punishment.
* I am God. You are God. We all are.
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