SITTING down the other day, quietly thinking about what the next column should be, I realised how this thinking process leads to the action of placing our thoughts into words and telling stories.
Thinking how complex our bodies really are, how do just some bones, all in the right places, allow us to walk or move our arms. We are just a mixture of fluid, muscle, veins and complex tissue.
Yet many of us will live to see 100. Over the years, how does our brain manage the network of messages that arrive daily – sorting out those that are important and those that can be filed away for future reference, maybe decades later.
What a great quantum computer we possess.
The accomplishments that humans have achieved are massive and we tend not to think, “How in the world did all this happen?”
Our bodies are fortified and nourished through what we eat, while most of the important openings are at the bottom of our trunk, where gravity does the job. Our blood is circulating all the time, often going vertical, with our muscles contracting to make this happen.
Our bodies are indeed amazing bits of workmanship that regenerate over and over till some parts get so worn out that we slowly get weaker and die.
Who would think of putting a sewerage works next to a playground, but with us it works perfectly.
Even the tiniest of actions need a complex set of circumstances to happen.
Things that we do daily without thinking are all calculated by our brain, and it soon shows us our inadequacy should we have a mental illness.
Many things govern what we do – our heart, our lungs, our kidneys, as well as the many muscles that govern our walking, sitting and standing motions.
How do these muscles work in unison to allow us the correct motions to complete the task at hand?
Is it any wonder that, should we not be drinking or eating correctly, our health has a poor outcome.
We are indeed special in this world, but how many of us take for granted the gift that life has given us.
In previous seniors columns, there has been mention of the billion-to-one chance of us being here on this Earth, how just being conceived, being born, living your life, reading this column now and living to a ripe old age, is very special.
How fortunate are you!
How you believe human beings eventuated, what camp you’re in, is immaterial.
Here we are. Many believe there is a God – in many countries, people are idealistic and ruled by their understanding of their God.
Onthe other hand, there are many who believe that we just evolved over time.
But the question remains, why are we so unique, so smart and so clever in learning ways to do things, if we just evolved!
There will always be unanswered questions, questions that remain outside the realm and scope of our understanding.
But today, just focus on what you know, how you can live your life to the fullest in harmony with nature and your fellow man.
