Sometimes it feels like it’s all the same and that it’s all meaningless. every day it’s another struggle. this continuous attempt at stemming time; trying to subdue our surroundings, our lives. trying to gain some control. do you ever feel like that? and then you wake up the next morning and it starts all over again. the same as yesterday but 24 hours later. you are 24 hours older. and then it’s years that have passed and you feel like you are still doing the same thing. what difference does it make if I mow the grass, I will only need to do it again in a couple of weeks? what difference does it make if I dust and if I wash the clothes or if I sweep the floor or if I weed the garden? what difference does it make if I wash the windows or write in my blog? what difference does it make if I wake or not? I am only one of billions! then my wife reminded me that I make a difference to her. then my nephew called and asked why I have been silent. then my friend dropped by and we shared a beer and talked. then my son needed a lift. and then I realised that even the very insignificant things we do; the seemingly meaningless words we say or write; the very slight ripples we cause … all have impact somehow because we are all connected somehow to each other. and we all rely on each other because somehow, we all need each other. and, all of a sudden, nothing is meaningless. nothing I do or say may last longer than my life time, longer than a week or a day even. I will have to go back and clean the windows again, and the gutters, and mow the grass and weed the garden and wake every day and retire at day’s end to wake again the next day till my days are over. but today I am here, and you are too. And today, even if for a minute, we are connected and what we do or say impacts as we grow our 24 hours older. we have impact. like it or not. and because we have impact we have responsibility … to one another … to be aware of our place and of the fact that today … every day … matters … that today … every day … WE … matter.  WE matter !!!!