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Harmony - Celebrate Age
|January 2018
Thomas M Easley tries to weigh in on the existential dilemma of life
Recently, following my usual morning routine, I went into my studio and turned on my computer. The lines were down, however, and I was unable to log on to the Internet. So I picked up my smartphone. Within seconds I had checked local weather, the definition of antimony, world news, the status of a UPS delivery, my email inbox, and I did a quick Facebook scan.
All was well and I felt happy....
And it was then, at that moment, that epiphany struck and I realised—I loved my phone. That the little electronic object cradled in my palm had evoked in me a very real human emotion....
Expressions of human emotions therefore, even our most elevated ones, are not reserved for loved ones and God. They are evoked by anything that provides... a greater sense of value and security....
Over the ages men have found affection and comfort in a warm fire, strong bow, rifle, truck or home. All of which, we believe, have no soul.
This story is from the January 2018 edition of Harmony - Celebrate Age.
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