Wednesday, March 15, 2006

How lucky we are!

How lucky we are,
To have hot, hot, water for a bath or shower on a cold winter day.
To have electricity to light our way in the small hours
To have ripe mangos in March in the north.
To be able to walk into a metal ship that flies through the air to visit ones we love, thousands of miles away
To have music, magnificent music, at the touch of a button
To have soft beds and full stomachs
To be able to pick up the phone and hear a friends voice
To have information on multitudes of subjects available at our fingertips
To be able to know what is happening, at this moment, all over the world
To be able to meet those of like minds, wherever they may be on this planet, not having to make do with those you run into in you local community, as our parents did.
To have conversations with those people, singly or in groups in simulaneous print in Austarlia, France, Sweden, wherever, whenever.
To have the luxury of learning
To be able to do so much more than just survive

How lucky we are!

We live in a world full of magic and marvels, the likes of which our ancestors could not conceive of. And I, and I understand things which were inconceivable not long ago. It is a fabulous age we live in.

Do not forget it.
Do not forget it
Do not forget it.

How lucky we are!