
Category: Living
Christmas miracle
I was never a believer in such a thing as a Christmas miracle, but now I believe. This past Christmas season I managed to go through the entire time without even once hearing The Twelve Days of Christmas. A miraculous event! Praise be! A corollary is that I never saw or heard a news story explaining how much it would cost to purchase all twelve items. Another miracle!
I have been well and truly blessed! Miracles can happen!
About corn…
So I am thinking that corn is the best butter delivery system in the world. Cornbread with butter mmmmmmmm. Warm corn muffins with butter mmmmmmmmm. Corn on the cobb covered in butter mmmmmmmmmm. Popcorn drizzled with melted butter mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I’m sure there are other examples, but I can’t think of them now because my brain is busy thinking about corn muffins and butter. Mmmmm butter. Mmmmm corn mufffins.
Back to normal?
Well, eventually – but I’m not in a big hurry. Thanks to XKCD.com for hitting the nail on the head yet again.

Something to do
Suggested item: a flashlight
Go ahead, grab a flashlight. I’ll wait…
All set? Good. Here is my suggestion:
Go outside, tonight, or some night, or every night. Look up, find a nice cloud-free patch of sky and point your flashlight at it. Turn the flashlight on for a second, or five seconds, or whatever feels right to you.
When you shined your flashlight at the sky you sent an uncountable number of photons out into the universe. Those that made it past the atmosphere without colliding with dust or a water droplet or some other obstacle will likely travel across the cosmos for eternity. Space is so empty, and the distances between objects are so huge and ever-expanding, those photons could go on, literally, forever.
You will have set in motion something infinite and eternal.
So go outside, stare awhile at the stars above you. Take a deep breath, relax, and shine a light. Remember that while everything we experience here on this world exists for only the briefest flicker of time, we can also, in our way, touch eternity.
Sleep well.
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