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All’s Right With the World

I accept almost everything, except maybe mosquitos, because the world is perfect just the way it is for the stage it is at. Any one thing probably has a mixture of good and bad uses, but if we were to take it away, the whole balance of the earth might collapse (do mosquitos have a use?)

Yes, we have crazy emotions, many of which are rather useless now, or almost so, that are still forced upon us, very much uninvited, like jealousy, even some guilt and anxiety, and, yes, children’s emotions are not mature and teenagers have wild hormones and both apparently bring great suffering to all, not to mention what the deviants and low-lifes of the world do—but all this is just a stage that the very primitive and mostly slimy human race is floundering through (except for those with extra wisdom).

I accept even death, for without death I wouldn’t even be here, for my human ancestors evolved because of it and if they would have lived forever then not much would have changed. I accept the natural world and even the humans mentioned above that are just as much a part of natural world as anything, crazy as they are, for, without the beast in us, for example, there would have perhaps been no zest for life. We have probably survived not in spite of being brutal, but because of it and at least it may have led to cooperation for the hunt or for war.

I accept bacteria and all the diseases they bring, for they also ferment the soil and aid our digestion. I accept bugs and worms, although I am still working on accepting mosquitos. Worms, for example, aerate 400 tons of soil per day. No worms, no life, so, please give a worm a hug today.

The same with flood and drought, for the universe has our well being at stake only in the most general sense, but not in the specific sense. A farmer’s crops may dry up or get washed out, but, again, if there is no water, then there is no life.

Well, anyway, it’s been a warm winter, although I know someone somewhere is getting a hell of a lot of snow, and during winter there are no mosquitos, so, I’m really extra happy.

As for global warming—if it survives nuclear winter, then we can all live in the tropics amid exotic birds and colorful flora.