I thank God for imperfection. I thank Him for the mysteries he heaps upon us. Of course, He could have made Himself into a Giant Cuddly Toy, everybody's pal, giving us all the answers and letting us all live in perfection. Instead He gave us this wonderful life where we don't have all the answers, never will, then we die. But the death and the pain is inconsequential. I have this feeling that one reason He sent His Son to suffer and die was as an atonement for causing us all to suffer and die. That may be The Way. It is in living that we die, it is in dying that we have eternal life. At that final moment, when the spark of electricity leaves my brain, then time ceases to exist there is no E, there is no 2, and the MC hammer comes down. All that's left is belief. Do I believe that's it? Or do I believe eternity is now mine? All because I've been duped...tricked into being born, tickled into laughter before I discover pain, gradually realizing life before I consider death, and given a tantalizing mystery for which there is no answer. I didn't ask to be born, Daddy, you just made me. It's OK, child, I was born too, and suffered, and died, I'm sorry, child this is going to/has already/ always will hurt me more than it will/does hurt you. OK, Daddy, I'll be brave, I love you, Papa. I love you too son. And there is no time, I'm now His only son, His only brother, and there is life and eternal love. Thank you, God.

And, yes, it was revolution. It's still a revolutionary revelation. All men and women, queens, kings and serfs, short, small, fast, slow, smart, and challenged...all men and women are born of men and women. We all burp and fart, cough and sneeze. Some of us revolt. Some are revolting. Some will live on when the voltage stops. But, we're all created the same way, created equally, none specially. 'Specially not "opressor" types. The founders figured it out. It gave them the moral certitude to revolt.

It's been a joy, boy.

Mike

You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash

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-niteshift

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