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LIFE IS GREAT FANTASTIC INCREDIBLE AND AT TIMES UNBELIEVABLE. HERE I SIT ON A LITTLE LEDGE I CAN SEE OVER OUR LITTLE VILLAGE, NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY. CELEBRATING FEBRUARY 2025 THE LAST MONTH OF WINTER. AND THE AWAKENING OF SPRING. YES, I KNOW I SAID 2025. MAYBE I WAS THERE ALL READY. DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? MAYBE I A HAD, LETS SAY, A VISION. WHAT DO THINK OF THAT. SO HERE I SIT... KNOWING THEN WHAT TO EXPECT IN OUR FUTURE. YOU SAW THE MONEY WARS. THAT JUST LED TO BARTERING AND TRADES TAKING PLACE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THE ONLY CURRENCY OR SHALL I SAY REAL MONEY...WAS SILVER. YOU KNOW SILVER DOLLARS , QUARTERS AND DIMES. FROM THE 1900'S. THE MERCURY HEAD DIME. REPRESENTED ONE TENTH OF AN OUNCE OF SILVER. A TIME WHEN AN OUNCE OF GOLD WAS REPRESENTED IN THE FORM OF CERTIFICATES. THE GOVERNMENT STORED THE GOLD TO PROTECT YOU FROM HURTING YOURSELF. SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. YOU CAN GIVE THEM ALL THE I.O.U'S YOU WANT. IF THEY DECIDE YOUR NOTES ARE WORTHLESS...POOF...GONE. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY...THINGS WERE A LITTLE TOUGH BACK THEN. LIFE WASN'T ALL WAYS ROSEY, YOU KNOW? WE HAD TO WORK ALL DAY TO EARN A DAYS WAGES. YA HAD TO THINK AS WELL. WHAT IS IT ARE YA GOING TO DO WITH YOUR WEAKLY WEALTH? WEAKLY IS JUST THAT. WEEEAK.. BARELY ENOUGH TO PAY THE WEEKS BILLS. YOU KNOW BILLS...WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC. AH..THE PHONE..I MUST REMEMBER TO EXCHANGE THE OLD LIGHT BULBS AT THE EDISON COMPANY WHEN I GO PAY THE PHONE BILL. I WANT TO SEE THE NEW PHONE. IT SITS ON TOP OF THE DESK... HA HA HA NOW WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND BUY A DESK FOR THE NEW PHONE. HOW FUNNY IS THAT? PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK SO. IF YOU DON'T NEED IT DON'T BUY IT. I RECENTLY READ A STORY ON THAT GUY WHO INVENTED THE TELEPHONE. A VERY INTERESTING CHARACTER IN HISTORY. YOU KNOW HE USED TO TAKE NAPS WITH SOME KIND OF WEIGHT IN HIS HAND. IF HE DROPPED IT HE WOULD WAKE UP AND WRITE DOWN HIS THOUGHTS. MEDITATION... TRANSITION ... BETWEEN NODDING OFF AND GOING TO SLEEP. ELEVATED CONSCIOUSNESS AND THAT KINDA THING. I THINK THEY CALL THEM FREQUENCIES. SORTA LIKE RADIO WAVES JUST A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. X-RAY GAMA RAYS SOLAR RAYS...YA KNOW THAT KINDA THING. RAYS...RADIATION RADAR RANGE. YA KNOW...I READ... I FORGET WHEN... A COUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW. ABOUT THE BIGGEST TELESCOPE TO BE BUILT. SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD. SOMEWHERE IN CHILE. A HOLE BUNCH OF PANELS TO MAKE UP THE HOLE LENS. I THINK IT'S TWO OR THREE LENGTHS OF NFL FOOTBALL FIELD. I WONDER IF THEY BE ABLE TO SEE THE FUTURE? YOU KNOW LIKE BOUNCE THE SATELLITE SIGNAL INTO THE TELESCOPE AND PROJECT IT ON THE TELEVISION MAKE YOU THINK YOU'RE WALKING ON MARS. KINDA MAKES ME THINK... IN THE FUTURE I MAY NOT HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL BEING AND STILL EXIST. EH? LIKE A GRID... CONNECTED TO ALL FREQUENCIES IN THE UNIVERSE. WIRED BABY... CONNECTED TO ETERNITY AND BACK. FASTER THAN THE PROCESS OF LIGHT TENFOLD. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE FUTURE AND THE PAST AT THE SAME TIME AND BE IN BOTH PLACES AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO ALTER EVENTS IN THE FUTURE OR THE PAST AT THE SAME TIME. " BOOM ! " A CONSTANT VARIATION OF THOUGHTS. BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE MILLIONS OF SCENARIOS ALONG THE WAY, TWEAKING FREQUENCIES EVER SO SLOWLY TO CREATE WHAT EVER IT IS YOU DESIRE. INTERESTING, BEING ALIVE. BUT, NOT REALLY ALIVE. EXISTING BUT ONLY IN A VIRTUAL WORLD. ENERGY OR SPIRIT? DEITY OR ENTITY? EXISTENCE IN A REALM OF NON EXISTENCE. A FIGMENT OF YOUR OWN IMAGINATION. A MEMORY OF A THOUGHT THAT BEGAN AFTER AND BEFORE THE FUTURE. THAT MOMENT IN TIME... THAT DOESN'T QUITE EXIST JUST YET. Michael E. Harris 02182022
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