And the good news is?

I read an article on the internet yesterday that shook me up a bit, as articles like it are supposed to do. If even remotely true, it confirms what I have felt for a long time--that this world is moving inevitably towards a major turning point in human history, and that it is going to be a bumpy ride. A total rearragement of position, power, and priorities for every conscious being on this planet. A shift as dramatic as the agricultural revolution or the life and death of Christ--that kind of impact. The question, as we've been told over and over again, is "not if, but when." Soon, it seems.

It almost doesn't matter what the article said, but here's a link anyway... http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45210

Of course, it comes from World Net Daily. This is a site that has broken some big stories in the past, but try spending five minutes surfing around there. Very creepy combination of far-far-right political ideology and hardcore Christianity...one of my least favorite combinations. The article has to be taken with about a pound and a half of salt...but I can't just completely write it off as nonsense, much less forget about it completely. I don't have it in me to forget such things, and more power to everyone out there who doesn't let such things have any effect on them.

How does a reasonable human being respond to such things? I continue making pizzas. I'll be back in classes in about a month or so. I have a car payment and rent to pay and a cell phone bill. I continue making pizzas. I'm sure everyone has crises of purpose at various times in life, but to a very serious extent it feels cowardly to continue walking the line right now. I truly believe revolution is coming. Something is going to happen. And I'm worried about grad school somewhere down the line? A dwindling checking account? I've felt for as long as I can remember that I would lead the revolution, not get caught in the stampede. I can feel the undertow, and it's getting stronger.

But I will go to work tomorrow. I will continue to hope that I will know when the time is right. Each new generation believes that theirs is the most important time, that the world has built to this moment and The Revolution is Now! It's a very convenient way to feel important, like human beings believing that the Almighty Creator gives a rat's ass with whom they choose to sleep. But if I have to put my faith into something, and I have a lot of faith, I choose to put it into the future. Revolution and revelation is coming. My faith is in our ability to adapt, to communicate, to understand. "Where we're going, we don't need roads." A sea-change is coming, and I just hope I'm deep enough in the water to recognize the shifting tides before its too late.

Goodnight all.