WELCOME TO "LIFE IN A DAY,"
SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2010!
Yes, indeed! My name is Michael James Fry, and I come to you as someone with nothing in his pockets. Nothing at all. I show you so you will trust me. (searching through his pockets) Ooops! Now you really can trust me - there was a lighter. OK. I like to be as real as I can. (he laughs)
Funny, you say? The only things I find funny have an element of truth attached to them. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor? After all, God is well known for His well-rounded reputation regarding His association with truth.
As a matter of fact, moving on to our next question: what do you love the most? I love God the most. Out of anything and everything that has been presented to me throughout the vibrant panorama and spectral menu that of all things that have crossed my path in life, I am most impressed with the One True God. When I see many of the countless thousands of image[s] that have been brought to us via the eyes of the Hubble telescope, I am never anything less than astounded at what I see in these images. I challenge any artist to step forward and put God in second place. There is no one, no thing, no proposition, no ideal, no philosophy, no religion, no politic, no ideology, no mathematic, no school of discipline, nothing can compare to the glory of the One True God when I see what I see in these images from the Hubble telescope. Beauty! Tremendous eternal fascination! And this, only a sliver, a split-moment in all of eternity. It truly staggers the mind.
And in conclusion, the greatest fear that I have is that as a collective human race we might trouble ourselves unnecessarily by not fully grasping the true value of love. There has been so much damage, so much loss in this world, so much pain, misery, suffering, and of late such a truly . . . detrimental call for all of us to come together and to realize the whole of what's really happening in this world. In my view, what is really happening in this world is our greatest opportunity to come together under the umbrella of love. It doesn't have to be that we're forced by circumstance into a toleration that will accomodate as that would demonstrate a global form of masocism.
There is a better way. That way is called love. We can come together. We can seek to understand the value of forgiveness, compassion, understanding and start anew with open eyes that recognize across the board all the many things that bring us together; and take those things that set us apart and recognize them as opportunites for learning, opportunities for growth, opportunites for enhancement, opportunities for different points of view. It is possible, my friends - we can change this world for a better place.
This is Saturday, July 24, 1010. Here I am in my living room where I would be anyway; but on this date I'm fortunate enough to be able to speak to you and to tell you how very much you matter, how much we all matter. And in the bottom line of all things, I genuinely, honestly know that it's the small things in life that make the difference. It is, in fact, making that extra little effort that just might be the nicest thing that happens in someone else's day. How wonderful if we could realize how inexpensive it really can be to help out. And I believe we can do it. I believe we can make it happen. I know that we can make this world a better place for of all of us through the very smallest and humblest of gestures. It doesn't take that much.
My fear is that we won't realize this in time. That we might unwittingly set ourselves up for a horrible circumstance. We know things are going to get very difficult. It doesn't have to be as bad as it might.
So in the name of love, in the name of world peace through inner peace, I say to you, "God bless you, and may we all come together, now."
