if the sun is setting, we have one hell of a view

it's hard not to feel it. the slow crawl of static on the spine. something is eminent, we are walking towards a precipice. i am not an apocalyptic nut case - and all of these feelings i am having, and that others say they're having, very well might be a grand social experiment. we might be self generating the emotions. i don't think this. i think the emotions many of us are feeling are geniuine. however we are not at the "end" of the line. we aren't running out of track. the track is turning and new track is being laid daily. we are feeling the emotions of getting close to the unknown.

we, as a species, have been setting a lot of dominoes up - and those dominoes are starting to fall. and for as much as we would like to know where they all will fall - we simply don't know.

but this isn't a poor us post. this isn't some pack the guns and the fresh water in the basement post. and it isn't some sappy get straight with jesus post. there are enough of those kinds of things - i have written a few and they are in this blog so you don't have to go far to find them if you would like.

this is more about how good it is if this really is us fighting for the makings of a new humanity. if we are in deep then there might be no better place than where we are. there are very clear things we can work on for our human family: hunger, poverty, slavery (and those are the biggies). Add to those evils such as broken governments and enemy corporations doing nefarious things and there are more than enough systems to fight. and there are tons of good people doing good things to celebrate. the arts, good food, good friends, good beer, wonderful new enviromental conservation efforts. there are so many good things, there are many things to work on, and there are many enemies.

so be encouraged. if this is the end then we are in a great time. but like i said it isn't the end, it's just a turn into the unknown - and what a glorious unknown it is.