Snapshots and Synapses

When I was little, my parents would sing a slightly modified nursery rhyme: I see the moon; the moon sees me;      the moon sees somebody I’d like to see. God bless the moon; God bless me;      God bless the somebody I’d like to see. It seems to me that God above      created you for me to love. He picked you out from all the rest      because He knew I’d love you best. As I started having children of my own, I’d sing this song to them, and my guess is that they will pass this on to their children. Romantics have often gazed into the night sky and looked upon the beauty of the moon, inspired with thoughts of love. But the first time I was truly struck the moon’s radiance, was at Disney World. As the day at Disney came to a close, the customary end-of-the-day fireworks started exploding over the castle. Now the folks at Disney put on a good show, and the fireworks are part of the package, do...

copyright ©2010 Mitchell Malloy ( http://mitchellmalloyblogspot.com/ ) You may think you know this tale, but it just may lead you to a different Destination than what you expect. Once upon a time, and this is a true story, mankind lived in a literal paradise. They had everything they needed, including creative hobbies and companionship. Food could be found in abundance, disease was non-existent, and no healthy desire was out of reach. The people even had direct access to God. That’s right, they could have a face to face encounter throughout the day. Even negative thoughts were non-existent… well, at least until this one idea crept into the head of one of the people. The concept was this: if a person knew all about what is right and wrong, then they would be as powerful as God. Essentially, if you knew everything about everything, including the way to be perfect, you could be your own god. The thought seemed like a good idea: understand right and wrong, know how to perfect yourself,...