Connected

In the Monday mailbox …

The everyday human gesture is always a heartbeat away from the miraculous — ultimately we make things happen through our actions, way beyond our understanding or intention . .. our seemingly small ordinary human acts have untold consequences: What we do in this world means something. . . We constantly impact upon the unfolding story of the world, whether we know it or not. – Nick Cave

Yesterday in 1925, The discovery of other galaxies beyond the Milky Way by Astronomer Edwin Hubble was published in a paper presented at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

[So,] how does us appreciating spring help the people of Ukraine? If we believe in chaos theory, and the butterfly effect, that the flapping of a Monarch’s wings near my home can lead to a weather change in Tokyo, then maybe noticing beauty—flapping our wings with amazement—changes things in ways we cannot begin to imagine. It means goodness is quantum. Even to help the small world helps. Even prayer, which seems to do nothing. Everything is connected. – Anne Lamott