212/365 Fireflies

I often have this image

      that

                    we

                    each one of us

        move along

                    our life

                    each one of our lives

    like

        a swarm

      of fireflies

 

    constantly moving around

        following the attraction toward the others around us

            or sometimes repulsed by them

    pushed by a gust of wind

          slowed down by the weight of the thigns we want to keep and accumulate

      swayed by a sudden movement of the flock

        or wanting to create distance from others

          wanting to come closer to another one

    or following our path ...

 

    Each one of us

                      following

                so many voices

                      from the inside

                      from the outisde

                at the same time

        then following just one

                                  for an moment

            and another one

                                    the next one

 

I have this image

        that if we looked very quickly

        focused on a very short moment

    we could see

          only

              a random crowd

        agitated

                  by random movements

 

    It might be beautiful

    All these lights

          moving in all sorts of directions

    We could

          get mesmerized by them

    And with good reason

 

 

But if we looked a little longer

    then

        we would begin

      to

          see that some of these trajectories

          are not so random

          after all

    that some of these

                                  fireflies

          are going straight ahead of them

        and some

              are almost not moving

        and some

              are following another one

        and some

              are following the majority of those around them

        and some

              are going opposite of those around

        and some

              seem hesitant

        and some

              seem are going back and forth between two direction

              or three

              or ten

        and some

              are indeed as random as it gets

        and some

            ...

and

      we could

          describe each of these

          trajectories

and

    we could

        feel that we understand them

    and that the more precisely we describe these trajectories

        the more we would come close to undertand the motivations behind them

        and what goes in the mind of each of these

                                                                                      fireflies

 

    It would be very clever

      to be able to do that

    and

        we could get very satisfied

        with out cleverness

    and with good reason

 

 

But if we looked a lot longer

  then

        oh then

    these

        trajectories that we understood so well

        would start to deviate

    and to lose

            the beautiful clarity

            we could find in them

                                            earlier

    they

            to shift

            to bend

            to angle

            to spiral

            to ...

    they would appear

        more complex

 

  and if we could trace the path

            of each one of these fireflies

                                                            across enough time

then

      we would see

            that no two would look alike

 

    and that

          what we we understood

          about firefly beahavior

            doesn't apply

                                anymore

 

    each path unique

        and unpredictable

              beyond a few seconds

 

  We could

      be amazed by the

                                      infinite

                                invention

                            of life

    And with good reason

 

...

 

And if in addition

                            we considered

                                                        all

                                                        the paths

                        all of them together

                        all of them

                                          at once

then

    we could see

    at once

            the movement

            of all humanity

      as a whole

    and as individuals

              at the same time

 

  It would be a beautiful sight

            of unfathomable complexity

 

 

...

 

And

  if we contemplated it

    for some time

  then we would start

      to have a sense

    of

        all these trajectories

          as they unfold

          together

 

  a sense

    of billions of lives intertwined

    and moving together

          influencing each other

    dancing

          with each other

 

 

 

I have this image

        of bilions of fireflies

    moving along together

    twirling around each other

        for a while

    or for a lifetime

        some of them dying

                            disappearing

    and some of them

        crossing each other

        and melting for a moment

                  and giving birth to a new one

                                                                  appearing

          and take part

          and follow its own path

    and all of it

          incessantly

          bustling with life

      moving along

 

 

 

I have this image ...

I am one of these fireflies

      and you are of them

 

  and we are twirling

      dancing

    and we exchange

        ...

 

and no one can tell

the details

      of what will happen

            beyond

            a few seconds

 

I am in the middle

    of this

    incessant

              vibrant activity

 

  and it will be

        a great joy to see all the lights

      around me

 

  as we all

        keep going

 

 

.............

 

 

Today

      my brother called me

      to tell me that his daughter was just born

 

  A new light

        has just appeared

    ...

              welcome to the dance !

 

Done