Meaning is infused in all we do, all we are, all we think and breathe.
Do we try to see meaning through all the threads that run through our lives? Do we see the connections? Do we need to?
I don't think we need to see the connections to get along in the world, but for the sake of wholeness, of oneness of the universe, it certainly helps to notice, if not participate in the meaning and connection of everything.
When we watch a moving video, see a piece of artwork, hear a certain song, experience something amazing, we are connecting to the whole. The meaning does not need to be defined in words, cannot be confined to just one feeling. It is connecting. It is meaningful, and when we connect through art or experience it is more obvious and poignant.
But in between the momentous moments of clarity and connection, every moment has meaning. All we do, breathe, see and experience has a connection to something else, however far removed or undervalued.
How often have I lived my life as if it offers no meaning, no connection to the whole. It is a delusion. We are all connected. Everything we are matters.
You matter. What you think and do and say and breathe makes a difference.
How will we use that influence? How will we wield the power of our being?
I choose to believe that we will use it to benefit the world in which we live. We are all slowly making the world a better place.
