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Aubrey W Kendrick's avatar

Many, many years ago when listening to PHC, I heard yourself say that (and I am paraphrasing here) in Lake Wobegon "the people have all realized that they are not going to be famous, or President, or wealthy, or Miss America, or etc. And that once people realize this, then they can just get on with living life."

At the time, I though that was a very good way to look at life. And I still think that it is a good way to look at life.

I have spent most of my life going to church but I think that the best explanation of the reason the universe and world are the way that they are is Darwin's theory of evolution. The Big Bang happened about five billion years ago and life got started and there were five great extinctions and here we are. I really cannot conceive of how long a million or billion years are.

This could be interpreted to mean that we are all very insignificant which we are. But it is also a source of great wonder. Look at the wonder and beauty of life. There have been five great mass extinctions (the last one got the dinosaurs) but each time there was an extinction everything was not killed. And the life that remained came back.

Like the people in Lake Wobegon, I am not going to be famous or well known. And that is good because I have no ideas on how to save the world or to save humanity and so forth. I am glad that nobody is expecting me to save anything.

But that leaves me free to live life as I see fit and maybe be of help to friends and family.

People say that fear of God is the reason that people are mostly good. That could be true but I think that if you treat other people good and try to live the "Golden Rule" then you will have a happier life. You will feel good about yourself.

Life is what you make it. What you look for is mostly what you find.

Best wishes Garrison and best wishes to one and all.

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Beatriz Roman's avatar

You light up so many lives! Thank you!

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