Riding On Dragons

Why You Are Here

You are here because at least some of us, and perhaps all of us, need you to be here.

You are the proverbial butterfly in the Amazon; the flutter of your wings makes a difference even if you don’t know about it. It may ultimately contribute to a storm appearing hundreds of miles away, or it might prevent the storm. I have had recent experience during which I discovered a difference made by actions I took nearly thirty years ago. The other person involved expressed gratitude. It seems that what I did then prevented a deadly storm. I have had several such experiences.

It is clear that, right now, somebody is supposed to be you, so don’t argue with reality. You might as well take the job and become the best you that can be. You are the only one who can do that.
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This entry was posted on Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm by Dick Richards and is filed under Acceptance, Reminders, Service. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

13 Comments

Kathryn says:

September 14, 2009 at 4:01 pm

Awww. Love this post! Lovely timing and reminder. And is that a gypsy moth, or….??? GORGEOUS! Did you take it??
Dick R says:

September 14, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Thanks Kathryn. Yes, I took it at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden annual butterfly exhibit. Don’t know the type of butterfly.
Julie Boles says:

September 15, 2009 at 6:58 am

Dick, This is beautiful! I love the butterfly exhibit too.
Dick R says:

September 15, 2009 at 9:34 am

Happy to hear from you Julie. I understand you are becoming a blogging and picture-taking fool! Welcome to this world and please provide us with the link to your blog.
David Leppert says:

September 15, 2009 at 10:09 am

Beautiful Dick. I appreciate that you take time to share your thoughts on such a variety of things. For me, it makes the world seem a bit friendlier.
Antonia says:

September 16, 2009 at 10:36 am

This is Gorgeous, Dick! Thanks for sharing.. and, for *you*!
~Blessings~
Dick R says:

September 16, 2009 at 2:26 pm

David and Antonia — thanks for saying thanks. I’m pleased that this post moved you.
zak zaklad says:

September 17, 2009 at 8:10 am

Dick, †his is a very interesting subject to me. I’ve looked retrospectively at the events in my life, and see that the impact of what I do looks very different after 10 or 20 years than when it actually occurs. An example: getting busted for growing pot plants in 1969 led to the epiphany (while in jail awaiting bail) that my calling is to help those at the edges of society, the “least of us”, to paraphrase the Gospel of Matthew. That’s what I do now.

Zak
Barbara Sliter says:

September 17, 2009 at 3:13 pm

If only I can remember to do my best and not be attached to the outcomes. I know there are little things someone did that made a huge difference in my life and I suspect that person wouldn’t even remember doing them. We are all connected and it is all perfect. Thanks Dick.
Dick R says:

September 18, 2009 at 7:40 am

Yes Zak, me too…something seemingly bad has often been a catalyst.

And Barbara…thanks for dropping in. Agreed, although the sense of it is, for me, sometimes hard to hold on to… ‘We are all connected and it is all perfect.”
Barbara Sliter says:

September 18, 2009 at 8:11 am

Amen!
Deb Call says:

October 4, 2009 at 3:33 pm

Dick – this is a spectacular photo, AND a sentiment worthy of being the
“11th commandment!” Thanks for writing an antidote to the world’s fixation on
the notion of winners and losers.
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Dick R says:

October 4, 2009 at 5:06 pm

deb,

“…an antidote to the world’s fixation on the notion of winners and losers.”

I never thought of it that way. Thanks!