One of my favourite things about Creation is how it continues on without my input. I think I often fall into the trap of believing that without my efforts, everything will fall apart. That’s been true for a lot of my relationships, friendships and work life. It’s true that contribution is key, but contribution is different from criticality. Contribution should make something better, not be solely dependent on it . I love that I can come out here and watch a bumble … bumble and know that he probably does that every single day regardless if I am there to watch. Or that the snow will accumulate and melt with the seasons … no matter if I’m there. It’s soothing for me. Almost the right ordering of things. I am part of this, not the center of it, it will continue without me. I like that I have a choice… to contribute positively, to impact negatively or somewhere in between.
It makes me think about the philosophical debate. “If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there it see it… does it matter?”
Yes. It does.
That’s why we study the stars. To find out about things that happen when we aren’t looking. It matters to someone else that isn’t us. It matters because God designed it to be there, not because we say it matters.
Larissa’s JMT Journal 