Floating Down Audio Podcast - My World

RECHARGING MY BATTERIES

This is Dick Sederquist with my 12^th audio PODCAST called “Floating Down”. It’s an audio update to a previous written BLOG. No wonder when we look up to the skies, we call it heaven. We owe everything to the heavens from which everything came, the grains of space rock and dust, which accreted to form our planet four and a half billion years ago, the comets which brought us our water and oceans, the sunlight which nourished the first primitive plants and algae in our oceans producing life giving oxygen. We even owe the malevolent space rock that impacted the Earth wiping out the dinosaurs, allowing a new species to inherit the Earth. Without this, there would never have been the rise of mammals and human life on earth. We would never have been able to contemplate the sources of our existence, and all the things, including feathers, which float down from the sky. From the skies and the stars, we received the gifts of life and intelligence, gifts we cherish, honor and protect. We celebrate these gifts through our human and global connection called love. I can’t think of anything better than love that connects us together under a common sky and heaven.

I’m taking my annual vacation from blogging and podcasting for a while, recharging my batteries. Coming up with something new every two weeks is a challenge. I do look to my readers for their input (hint!). I’m also moving my volunteer (secular) prison ministry to a new venue from a medium to a minimum-security prison. I’m sure I’ll have something to say about that when I get back. Whatever an inmate’s history, they all need help in changing their lives and reentering society. In Europe, the incarceration rate is ten percent of that in the U.S. The European system is based on rehabilitation and success, not warehousing and failure. We can’t financially afford to lock up the high number of non-violent offenders that we do. When my batteries are up to 100 percent, I’ll start the process again.

While I’m recharging, checkout all my BLOGS and PODCASTS. You may have missed some. Here we go. Look up into the sky. You may be amazed by what you see. Until next time, keep looking up. You can hear the complete audio PODCAST on iTunes at “Reflections and Stories Along the Way” and at my web site at www.dicksederquist.com