The tapestry. The birth and death of a great multitude of humans, right? And all the in between phases of a life. How rich it is. You think your own personal experience is sufficiently rich. But there is always someone either one step ahead or one step behind. Since that is a fascinating way of looking at one’s own life. What about the overlap? We talk about eyesight, the phases of deterioration. We compare. You can think about someone born 5 seconds after you, or 5 minutes, or 5 days, etc. On and on. And likewise before.

I guess my point is partly that you don’t have to worry that life is empty. It is anything but. And you don’t have to worry that no one understands you. The guy born 20 seconds before you will soon most likely experience many things you could share. And those born 20 years before you are your windows into a possible future for you.

Again, you don’t need stories of invisible deities to enrich the potential for wisdom that is ingrained into the tapestry of our human interweavings. Wisdom needn’t be exclusive. That’s so unhuman. Wisdom is supposed to be an unalienable right, really. There’s almost a stigma about it these days. Ha ha. Is it really just these days?