The two things you'll never do....

 Years ago, when I still had the luxury of being freely pensive,  I stumbled upon this nugget of wisdom.

As human beings, we enjoy the idea that there is nothing that we cannot achieve. We are told that the possibilities are limitless. We've walked on the moon. We've cloned mice, sheep, pigs, cows, and dogs. We've successfully saved lives by transplanting every human organ except for the brain, and I suspect that it won't be long on that last one.

In 2011,  I was a middle class housewife until I wasn't and I needed to go to work to support my new and not improved lifestyle. I landed at the new Von Voightlander Hospital at the University of Michigan. At the Grand Opening celebration of the hospital, I had the rare opportunity to chat with a pediatric surgeon. I learned that this man had been performing surgery on embryos in the womb! My mind was successfully blown. Miracles were happening! Was there nothing that man couldn't do? Fair question. And this is the answer.

There are two things that we will never do in this life. We will never fly. And we can never know God. Not in this state of being. It's impossible.The first is to remind us that we're not limitless.  And the second is to remind us that we cannot live without blind, unwavering faith.  Bummer. We're simply human.  But there's more....

Dreams. What the what, and why? Why do we dream?

When I was in my twenties, I had the most vivid and horrifying dream that I've ever suffered.                       It was a knock on the door.                                                                                                                               I was single and living alone and there were very few visitors. I assumed that it was a neighbor coming to borrow an egg, a garbage bag, or a shoulder. But it wasn't a neighbor. It was a stranger - a man. It was the most beautiful man that I had ever seen. The sight of him took my breath away. I couldn't believe it. I was speechless. Yet somehow, he knew my thoughts. And he said, 

"You should never flatter Satan."

I know that God and Satan are real. I know that God will frustrate us and that Satan will charm us. And I know that it's a battle to choose between the two. But the signs are here. They're vivid, intense. They'll wake you in the middle of the night.  And it's now,  in this life, that you need to choose, somewhat blindly, what side you're on. Just remember this. 

In this life, you'll never know God. 

And you'll never fly.