have you ever been sitting in a coffee shop and you look around at all the
shop and you look around at all the
shop and you look around at all the hustle and bustle the people coming in
hustle and bustle the people coming in
hustle and bustle the people coming in or during their coffee drinking it and
or during their coffee drinking it and
or during their coffee drinking it and then leaving going on with their day
then leaving going on with their day
then leaving going on with their day what about driving on the freeway
what about driving on the freeway
what about driving on the freeway looking at all the cars buzzing past you
looking at all the cars buzzing past you
looking at all the cars buzzing past you at any given second each having
at any given second each having
at any given second each having somewhere to go something to do or how
somewhere to go something to do or how
somewhere to go something to do or how about looking out your window at night
about looking out your window at night
about looking out your window at night perhaps our houses some might have
perhaps our houses some might have
perhaps our houses some might have lights on some might not but inside
lights on some might not but inside
lights on some might not but inside those houses there are people I love
those houses there are people I love
those houses there are people I love thinking about this stuff it seems like
thinking about this stuff it seems like
thinking about this stuff it seems like I have this constant realization that
I have this constant realization that
I have this constant realization that each and every person’s life is just as
each and every person’s life is just as
each and every person’s life is just as complex as mine and this gets me
complex as mine and this gets me
complex as mine and this gets me thinking about our bodies as human
thinking about our bodies as human
thinking about our bodies as human beings we are incredibly intricate we
beings we are incredibly intricate we
beings we are incredibly intricate we have 30 trillion cells seamlessly
have 30 trillion cells seamlessly
have 30 trillion cells seamlessly interacting with each other at any given
interacting with each other at any given
interacting with each other at any given point in time that tell us what to think
point in time that tell us what to think
point in time that tell us what to think how to move and the reality in which we
how to move and the reality in which we
how to move and the reality in which we perceive this is incredibly small scale
perceive this is incredibly small scale
perceive this is incredibly small scale yet there are 7.5 billion of these
yet there are 7.5 billion of these
yet there are 7.5 billion of these bodies these human beings on the planet
bodies these human beings on the planet
bodies these human beings on the planet Earth today yet these are two things
Earth today yet these are two things
Earth today yet these are two things that we know we know that everybody has
that we know we know that everybody has
that we know we know that everybody has a very complex life and we know that
a very complex life and we know that
a very complex life and we know that everybody has a very intricate body this
everybody has a very intricate body this
everybody has a very intricate body this gets me thinking about things that we
gets me thinking about things that we
gets me thinking about things that we don’t know three particular things come
don’t know three particular things come
don’t know three particular things come to mind the universe future knowledge
to mind the universe future knowledge
to mind the universe future knowledge and lack of technology and or brain
and lack of technology and or brain
and lack of technology and or brain capacity in the grand scheme of things
capacity in the grand scheme of things
capacity in the grand scheme of things we are unfathomably small we live on a
we are unfathomably small we live on a
we are unfathomably small we live on a very small planet which makes up a very
very small planet which makes up a very
very small planet which makes up a very small solar system which with millions
small solar system which with millions
small solar system which with millions and millions of other solar systems
and millions of other solar systems
and millions of other solar systems makes up a galaxy and this galaxy with
makes up a galaxy and this galaxy with
makes up a galaxy and this galaxy with millions and millions of other galaxies
millions and millions of other galaxies
millions and millions of other galaxies makes up the universe but before the
makes up the universe but before the
makes up the universe but before the universe time space and matter didn’t
universe time space and matter didn’t
universe time space and matter didn’t exist so we literally came from nothing
exist so we literally came from nothing
exist so we literally came from nothing and now our universe is expanding in an
and now our universe is expanding in an
and now our universe is expanding in an ever ly increasing rate according to
ever ly increasing rate according to
ever ly increasing rate according to time dilation time passes at a different
time dilation time passes at a different
time dilation time passes at a different rate depending on your speed in your
rate depending on your speed in your
rate depending on your speed in your gravity we could be thousands and
gravity we could be thousands and
gravity we could be thousands and thousands of years ahead of the next
thousands of years ahead of the next
thousands of years ahead of the next civilization out there they could be
civilization out there they could be
civilization out there they could be cavemen at this point in time
cavemen at this point in time
cavemen at this point in time mitochondria in a prehistoric pond we
mitochondria in a prehistoric pond we
mitochondria in a prehistoric pond we could also be thousands and thousands
could also be thousands and thousands
could also be thousands and thousands years behind the next civilization
years behind the next civilization
years behind the next civilization out there they could be looking at us
out there they could be looking at us
out there they could be looking at us laughing at us as if we were the cavemen
laughing at us as if we were the cavemen
laughing at us as if we were the cavemen but what’s the difference between us and
but what’s the difference between us and
but what’s the difference between us and the cavemen it’s knowledge knowledge is
the cavemen it’s knowledge knowledge is
the cavemen it’s knowledge knowledge is constantly evolving and we know more
constantly evolving and we know more
constantly evolving and we know more today than we have ever known in past
today than we have ever known in past
today than we have ever known in past years even the knowledge we had 100
years even the knowledge we had 100
years even the knowledge we had 100 years ago is much different than the
years ago is much different than the
years ago is much different than the knowledge we have today looking back a
knowledge we have today looking back a
knowledge we have today looking back a hundred years they didn’t know who
hundred years they didn’t know who
hundred years they didn’t know who Justin Bieber was they didn’t know what
Justin Bieber was they didn’t know what
Justin Bieber was they didn’t know what Star Wars was or the Millennium Falcon
Star Wars was or the Millennium Falcon
Star Wars was or the Millennium Falcon and I’m quite sure that they couldn’t
and I’m quite sure that they couldn’t
and I’m quite sure that they couldn’t even begin to comprehend the
even begin to comprehend the
even begin to comprehend the capabilities of modern-day supercomputer
capabilities of modern-day supercomputer
capabilities of modern-day supercomputer many of us carry with us today this gets
many of us carry with us today this gets
many of us carry with us today this gets me thinking forward a hundred years
me thinking forward a hundred years
me thinking forward a hundred years who’s the next Justin Bieber what’s the
who’s the next Justin Bieber what’s the
who’s the next Justin Bieber what’s the next start worse is there another
next start worse is there another
next start worse is there another Millennium Falcon is there technology
Millennium Falcon is there technology
Millennium Falcon is there technology out there that we can’t even begin to
out there that we can’t even begin to
out there that we can’t even begin to imagine at this point in time think
imagine at this point in time think
imagine at this point in time think about how much of a paradigm shift the
about how much of a paradigm shift the
about how much of a paradigm shift the invention of the computer was this
invention of the computer was this
invention of the computer was this revolutionized our world and many people
revolutionized our world and many people
revolutionized our world and many people couldn’t even begin to comprehend it
couldn’t even begin to comprehend it
couldn’t even begin to comprehend it I believe that although as society we
I believe that although as society we
I believe that although as society we think we are very smart and very
think we are very smart and very
think we are very smart and very advanced that we actually know very
advanced that we actually know very
advanced that we actually know very little about our world our brains can’t
little about our world our brains can’t
little about our world our brains can’t think past that third dimension and I
think past that third dimension and I
think past that third dimension and I believe that we are just beginning to
believe that we are just beginning to
believe that we are just beginning to discover our technology I mean what if
discover our technology I mean what if
discover our technology I mean what if coincidences were actually tangible and
coincidences were actually tangible and
coincidences were actually tangible and quantifiable but we just left the brain
quantifiable but we just left the brain
quantifiable but we just left the brain capacity and/or technology to see them
capacity and/or technology to see them
capacity and/or technology to see them what if in the air all around us there’s
what if in the air all around us there’s
what if in the air all around us there’s an elaborate system of electronic pulses
an elaborate system of electronic pulses
an elaborate system of electronic pulses that are locks and coincidences are the
that are locks and coincidences are the
that are locks and coincidences are the keys just a couple of weeks ago my mom
keys just a couple of weeks ago my mom
keys just a couple of weeks ago my mom siblings and I went to a sushi
siblings and I went to a sushi
siblings and I went to a sushi restaurant we haven’t been to this
restaurant we haven’t been to this
restaurant we haven’t been to this restaurant in years and our decision to
restaurant in years and our decision to
restaurant in years and our decision to go was mostly based on a two-for-one out
go was mostly based on a two-for-one out
go was mostly based on a two-for-one out in the paper my dad couldn’t make it
in the paper my dad couldn’t make it
in the paper my dad couldn’t make it with us because he was on a business
with us because he was on a business
with us because he was on a business trip in New York he hardly ever travels
trip in New York he hardly ever travels
trip in New York he hardly ever travels for business and he hasn’t been in New
for business and he hasn’t been in New
for business and he hasn’t been in New York in over a decade as we sit down at
York in over a decade as we sit down at
York in over a decade as we sit down at the restaurant we see my lacrosse coach
the restaurant we see my lacrosse coach
the restaurant we see my lacrosse coach and he comes over and says hello to us
and he comes over and says hello to us
and he comes over and says hello to us and then tells us how earlier that day
and then tells us how earlier that day
and then tells us how earlier that day he ran into my dad at the JFK Airport in
he ran into my dad at the JFK Airport in
he ran into my dad at the JFK Airport in New York what a coincidence we all said
New York what a coincidence we all said
New York what a coincidence we all said but what if this wasn’t a coincidence
but what if this wasn’t a coincidence
but what if this wasn’t a coincidence what if this wasn’t a random series of
what if this wasn’t a random series of
what if this wasn’t a random series of events why did this happen this gives me
events why did this happen this gives me
events why did this happen this gives me thinking about the impact that each and
thinking about the impact that each and
thinking about the impact that each and every one of us have on each other’s
every one of us have on each other’s
every one of us have on each other’s lives recently in my Spanish class we
lives recently in my Spanish class we
lives recently in my Spanish class we listen to a song called he Tana by
listen to a song called he Tana by
listen to a song called he Tana by Shakira in this song Shakira says my
Shakira in this song Shakira says my
Shakira in this song Shakira says my gypsy heart only beats Conner
gypsy heart only beats Conner
gypsy heart only beats Conner clockwise shortly after listening to the
clockwise shortly after listening to the
clockwise shortly after listening to the song we watched a video and it showed
song we watched a video and it showed
song we watched a video and it showed six or seven kids who are classified as
six or seven kids who are classified as
six or seven kids who are classified as gypsies and what they thought about
gypsies and what they thought about
gypsies and what they thought about being a gypsy at first they were very
being a gypsy at first they were very
being a gypsy at first they were very happy excited to be belonging to
happy excited to be belonging to
happy excited to be belonging to something and then they were handed the
something and then they were handed the
something and then they were handed the dictionary and told to look up what
dictionary and told to look up what
dictionary and told to look up what gypsy actually means when they saw that
gypsy actually means when they saw that
gypsy actually means when they saw that the Spanish dictionary defines gypsy as
the Spanish dictionary defines gypsy as
the Spanish dictionary defines gypsy as liar trickster and cheater all the
liar trickster and cheater all the
liar trickster and cheater all the sudden the kids didn’t want to be
sudden the kids didn’t want to be
sudden the kids didn’t want to be considered gypsies they felt dejected
considered gypsies they felt dejected
considered gypsies they felt dejected and hurt
and hurt
and hurt Shakira writes a song reaching out to
Shakira writes a song reaching out to
Shakira writes a song reaching out to these kids letting them know that they
these kids letting them know that they
these kids letting them know that they can be counterclockwise and go against
can be counterclockwise and go against
can be counterclockwise and go against the stigma that’s been created for
the stigma that’s been created for
the stigma that’s been created for gypsies she’s empathizing for them and
gypsies she’s empathizing for them and
gypsies she’s empathizing for them and reaching them through song without
reaching them through song without
reaching them through song without actually ever meeting them speaking of
actually ever meeting them speaking of
actually ever meeting them speaking of music just a couple weeks ago I went to
music just a couple weeks ago I went to
music just a couple weeks ago I went to a concert I had this concert there were
a concert I had this concert there were
a concert I had this concert there were 20,000 other people if you were to put
20,000 other people if you were to put
20,000 other people if you were to put this group of 20000 people out on the
this group of 20000 people out on the
this group of 20000 people out on the street there wouldn’t be one word that
street there wouldn’t be one word that
street there wouldn’t be one word that could describe us we came from every
could describe us we came from every
could describe us we came from every different demographic imaginable yet on
different demographic imaginable yet on
different demographic imaginable yet on one night at one time in one place we
one night at one time in one place we
one night at one time in one place we all came together to see one performer
all came together to see one performer
all came together to see one performer all of us left our routines our habits
all of us left our routines our habits
all of us left our routines our habits our friends and our inherent craziness
our friends and our inherent craziness
our friends and our inherent craziness to come together as a concert concludes
to come together as a concert concludes
to come together as a concert concludes and the crowd starts to disperse I think
and the crowd starts to disperse I think
and the crowd starts to disperse I think to myself wow I’m probably never gonna
to myself wow I’m probably never gonna
to myself wow I’m probably never gonna see any of these people ever again to me
see any of these people ever again to me
see any of these people ever again to me all they were were faces in the crowd
all they were were faces in the crowd
all they were were faces in the crowd voices singing along and energy filling
voices singing along and energy filling
voices singing along and energy filling the room and to them I was the same this
the room and to them I was the same this
the room and to them I was the same this overwhelming realization that each and
overwhelming realization that each and
overwhelming realization that each and every life is just as vivid and just as
every life is just as vivid and just as
every life is just as vivid and just as complex as your own the Germans they
complex as your own the Germans they
complex as your own the Germans they have a word for it it’s called sander &
have a word for it it’s called sander &
have a word for it it’s called sander & Saunders the moment when you realize
Saunders the moment when you realize
Saunders the moment when you realize that you could be that extra sipping
that you could be that extra sipping
that you could be that extra sipping coffee in the background you could be
coffee in the background you could be
coffee in the background you could be that blur of traffic on the highway and
that blur of traffic on the highway and
that blur of traffic on the highway and you could be that lighted window at dusk
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