Autopilot

Life is so much bigger than we can fathom. What is amazing about lifeforce is that we have virtually no internally willed ability to stop or start it. For example, the ingenuity that is the involuntary response; the heartbeat, the need to breathe, the need to sleep and dream, etc. God engineered us so that we largely operate on autopilot. This is a great example of how we are loved through the gift of autoresponse as well as reminded that we are not in control. We like to think we are, but really, what minutia are we really in control of: what we eat...what we drink...what we say...who we hang around with...how we use our time. [Time: yet another example of what we are not in control of, but subject to.] The actual energy of life that flows within us is not really ours, is it? It is lent to us for awhile...at least, on this earth. Then, I believe our energy changes form (as it is neither created nor destroyed) to return to its Creator. God casts our lives out there to cut through time like a kinetic human boomerang and we eventually circle back to reach His hand in a very different state.

When we are babies, ideally, parents provide the clothing, the food, the warmth and the care. When we become adults we often fail to realize the continued care we receive from God in the form of friends to warm our hearts and break bread with, Good Samaritans and skilled workers to provide help when we need it, spouses to lean on and family to take joy in. The indirect care we receive is so immense that we are hardpressed to see the trees for the forest. Our cups runneth over creating a veritable ocean that we often don't realize we are floating in. And I thank God for it every day.