Staring at the Moon

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2018-12-14 00:05:11 (UTC)

When you wish upon a star . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKh6XxYbbIc

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
Blah blah blah
Blah blah
Blah
. . . . .
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true

We all know that's bullshit don't we. We know that life's not like that don't we. Life's hard and life can be cruel. I'm sure that I've said before that our lives can bring us unbelievable joy and pleasure but inbetween the good bits life is basically a worry isn't it. There's loads of things for us to worry about isn't there: job, relationships, money, children, environment, self-esteem, personal safety, food scares, health, mental health, the future, haha we even worry about the past - all the stuff we can't change, as well as any number of other things that may be important to you or me. We're great aren't we, humans? Sometimes I like to imagine how we'll evolve in the future because I certainly don't think we're the finished article yet . No way, not a chance.

Sometimes I wonder if we'll ever get the chance to reach our full potential as a species - whatever that might be. i suppose we haven't done too badly. We've gone from adapting to walk on two legs to using stone tools to playing with fire (ouch)! to cooking, clothes and speech - from living in caves to space travel and heart transplants and more in the blink of an eye. Quite impressive really.

But what part of all the individual little bits of knowledge gained through trial and error over millions of years has led us to believe that "when you wish upon a star your dreams come true"?

None . . . because we're all grown ups and we know it's bs.




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