Sunday, September 30, 2012

Going around in circles

I think about circles a lot. I really seem to connect with squares, and I love diamond engagement/wedding rings that are princess cut, but I believe circles are what hold everything together.

This may sound really strange, but I'm not drunk or stoned, and I haven't gone over the edge. I want to get these thoughts out though, so I'm just going to put it out there.
The earth is a sphere. It is round, and there is no beginning or end to it. Same with the other planets out there. I'm not an astronomer, so this is a very simple observation, I know. I have never seen an oval planet or a rectangular planet.

Our sense of time is circular. The seasons come around again, and I see this as more of a spiral, like a spring. Time began when time began, and we are now at some point on that spiral.

If we live to old age, our beginning and our end circles back around to meet in some way. Elderly people, and even those who are terminally ill, have some characteristics of infants, or children at least. And I don't mean that in a negative way. Along the way we are introduced to experiences and situations and people, and later in our lives we revisit these. Sometimes we revisit them multiple times and build upon them.

I'm not a biblical scholar, so I don't remember the exact book and verse, but there is a verse that says the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

I used to think it meant that finally all of those arrogant, rich, selfish people would have to get to the back of the line. All of those bullies who pushed the less fortunate out of the way and trampled on people to get to the top would pay.

I don't think that anymore. I know this would not be a popular viewpoint with a lot of people, and most likely not very popular with a lot of my friends and even some of my family. We tend to want people to be punished. But I've changed my mind on this one.  I think that verse means there won't be a line. I believe at the end of this life we join others in a circle, where no one knows who is first and who is last because we're all equal.

Those who were first (those with everything) will not have everything, and they won't have nothing. They'll have love. And those who were last (homeless, starving, poor beyond belief) will not have nothing, and they won't have everything. They'll have love. No one will have more love than the other, and no place in the circle will be more prestigious or important than the next.

And maybe I'm wrong. But I hope I'm not.

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