The Best Creation Ever-You!

The Best Creation Ever--You!!

So many items have been created since I began my walk on this earth.  Allow me to share some of them with you.

I remember my mother using a rubboard to wash our clothes when I was a child.  She placed the board in a tub of water and then proceeded to scrub the clothes by rubbing them up and down on the rough surface.  When she had them clean, she would rinse them in a tub of water, wring them by hand and then hang them out to dry.  In the cold of winter or when it was raining, she would lay them over drying stands.  But when it was nice outside, they were hung on the long clothes line. If it was freezing outside, so were the clothes on the line.  Stiff clothes are not especially comfortable--especially underwear! The sweet smell of freshly dried laundry stays with me to this day.  As time progressed and technology advanced, the automatic washer and dryer replaced the hard labor of keeping clothes clean.

When I was a child, our house was heated with a wood stove.  The only warm rooms were the ones close to that stove.  It was hard work to get the wood necessary for keeping us warm in winter.  First, the tree had to be cut.  Next, the wood had to be sawed into manageable chuncks, and finally, it was split and placed in a wood pile.  As needed, it was carried into the house.  Eventually furnaces were created.  How lovely.  Simply turn the dial for more or less heat, and all the rooms were comfortable.  Much labor eliminated.

Of course, there is the telephone, the microwave, blueray, airconditioning, travel to space, and medical advances that have saved countless lives.  We now have the ability to control so many diseases that were deadly in the past.  Hard work and creativity working together have brought us to this more advanced state.  I wish I could share my world with my great-grandparents.  What would they think?

My life is easier in so many ways due to the creations of others.  For that, I am grateful.  The good old days were not romantic.  They were difficult.  I know.  I lived then.  I will take today over them any day.

Yet, with all the marvelous creations people have made, the very best and most precious creation is you.  Yes, you.  You came into the world a blank slate.  You are the only you that will ever be.  That is so different from a car.  Every few years car manufacturers jazz up their new models in an attempt to lure us to make a purchase.  And we often do just that.  We like all the gadgets and controls.

But, humans come into this world the same way.  Through birth.  Sure, there is new technology for becoming pregnant.  Whoever thought about freezing eggs??  When we decided we wanted a family, we were surprised to learn that it might never happen.  Bodies don't always come equipped to produce babies.  So, when we learned we were pregnant, it was the happiest day--until that little boy arrived!

Humans have the capacity to change the world.  You have that capacity.  You have the ability to alter the course of a life simply by being a friend.  You can extend love every single day.  You can listen to another human.  You can share your own challenges.  You can learn.  The limit to what you can do is endless.  You can laugh, cry, share joy.  You can light up a room simply by entering it.  You can hold a hand as death moves closer offering comfort and love.  You can encourage a child or another adult.  You can set a goal and move towards it.  You have the ability to change course.  If life is going downhill, you can set a new course.  You can engage in meaningful work.  You can love with no strings attached.

Yes, you are the best creation ever.  You arrived on the planet ready to learn.  You reached out those tiny hands and fingers and learned what felt good.  You tasted life, and knew it was good.  You recognized the smell of those who cared for you.  You listened to sounds and reproduced them.  Oh, how wonderful it is to be human.

New cars will come and go.  Eventually, they will drive themselves.  Each new generation will improve on the last one.  Life will move forward.  And so will humans.  We will adapt and adjust to the newness of life. We will marvel at the changes that present themselves to us.

But, you are the most special in all of creation.  You are the pearl of great price.  You are the warmth when the world seems cold and distant.  You are here for only a short time, but the good you can bring has the power to last for generations.

It is true--you are the best creation ever.  Yes, you are.