Fdip208: Cheers from the Third Planet
Fdip208: Cheers from the Third Planet
Nothing lasts forever in this physical universe of ours. We can talk about the eternal world to come, the kingdom of Heaven, Nirvana, Tian, the Celestial, Terrestrial and Telestial kingdoms, the six heavenly planes of Hinduism and the 8 levels of heaven in Islamâbut this show more...
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and in 7.59 billion years from today, it will be dragged from our solar orbit by our sun which will have grown to be 256 times as big as it is today: and the race course of the World Wide Festival of Races will be consumed in fire, forever.
But I have to wonder, what will our evil Robot overlords: or any advanced alien civilization that learns about us over the next 7.59 billion years: come to think about us?
Will they struggle to understand why we went to war with one another?
Why we murdered and killed each other?
Will they dedicate eons in trying to figure out why weâd gather millions of each other into concentration camps and systematically torture and destroy each other?
Would they try to figure out why weâd kidnap a noble people from a beautiful savannah, stuff them into sailing ships and sell them as property to wealthy people in a new land?
What would they say about a shoe company that treated their workers as slaves, paying them only a few dollars a day and not caring that they had to live in slums while their CEO and sports star promoters earned millions without concern?
I have an answer: theyâd think WE WERE STUPID.
Yeah, thatâs what theyâd think: theyâd have come to the conclusion that our species had evolved to suffer from a form of brain damage. Theyâd be happy to know that our planet was about to be consumed by the Sunâtheyâd consider us as a biological disease in the universe; unintelligent and defective.
An intelligent and advanced alien species would pick apart our genome, see that we differed by only ZERO POINT TWO PERCENT, and conclude that whatever caused us to hate each other: it couldnât be because of the color of our skin, or from what continent on the little blue bubble we originated fromâ there could be no other explanation: humans had to be stupid.
But if they could see us now, today: running this World Wide Festival of Races; theyâd think differently. Theyâd have to. Because today, weâre celebrating our community regardless of our differences; in fact: today we celebrate our differences.
This planet is small. Itâs a tiny blue bubble of life cruising through the cold vacuum of space, and itâs the only place that weâve been able to find which can support life. Think of this Earth as a life-raft, adrift on itâs own in the Universeâitâs more than just our home: itâs all that we haveâthat and each other.
Today youâre running in an event that celebrates that: we live on a small little rocky life raft, but we have each otherâto care for, to cheer for, and to encourage. Our lives on this rock are short, but they should be long enough for us to experience love, joy and peace with each other as friends. Fellow runners: this wasnât some small thing you did today, and today wasnât just another run: you participated, you proved by your example that whatever differences we have in thought, opinion, and observation is what makes our time here, in this Universe special and interesting. We are so much alike, you and Iâand those little differences that we do have, are something to savor: like the nose of a Cabernet Franc over that of a Malbecâtheyâre both vitis vinifera, but what makes them different is remarkable, and when you blend them togetherâwell, my friendsâ.you get something magical, like a mertiage or a Bordeaux where the sum of itâs ingredients combine to make a wine worthy of sharing with the world.
We are like those grapes, our differences enhance the flavor of our community, and as you run your World Wide Festival of Races todayâthink about how much we have to give to the world around usâ.in living this lifestyle, of savoring our time on the road, of sharing our experiences from the perspective of our own bodies and how we have no room for hate in our livesânot when there are miles to be run, and friends to be made.
Show Links:
http://worldwidefestivalofraces.com
The song âLuckyâ was by Black Lab pick up your FREE 3 Black Lab songs (from the album âGive Us Sugarâ) at http://blacklabworld.com/marathon
The song âThe World We Are aâRacinâ was by the band âMoneypenny, Walker, Chopper and Scottâ with apologies to Mr. Dylan; lyrics by Steve Chopper (http://www.amilewith.me.uk ), vocals by Phil Moneypenny (http://www.runcast.tv ) and some annoying American who apparently thinks he can sing, along with instrumentals and vocals by Gordon Scott. Check out the musical talent of a good friend and bad boy of running at http://tiree.blogspot.com
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