Our World

(Please click on the title for a reading aloud by the author.)

There was a time a lot of people believed the world was flat. Now a lot of people believe the world is round. Apparently we were wrong and now we’re right. Apparently.

Shadows dance on stone and grasses flutter in a breeze. Every once in a while I am utterly transfixed by these little visual excitements. They touch something deep inside of me. Usually it is a delightful moment or two, wondering about the nature of things. However, at times the potential of what I do not know, the mysteriousness of the world rattles me. It’s both an exciting and sobering experience.

We’ve been told over and over how things are, what wind is and how it works and what grass is… and rocks and shadow.

Allowing our selves to not know, to not be so sure about what’s going on can present an opportunity for new understanding to open up. By giving ourselves this freedom in our minds we may find the world is… Naw! It couldn’t be flat. But it might not be so much like we think it is.

Gordon Bunker