It’s been a hell of a week…
But I’m in a cosmic autistic mood… It happens…
NOTE: Some autistic & ADHD folks process reading better, some listening… some both at once. So I include a transcript, podcast, and “pretty” captioned video below. #InclusionMatters.
It’s been a hell of a week…
Politics…. Did I mention my wife and I survived a dog attack?
But I’m in a cosmic autistic mood… It happens…
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Sometimes I get my head outta my a̴s̴s̴… I mean, the current political crisis of the moment, take a step back, catch a breath &…
Think about our known Universe being some 13.7 billion years old…
Ya know, 432,000,000,000,000,000 seconds… give or take a parsec…👇
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And I think about the sheer number of random events that had to take place in all those moments, for instance…
the butterfly wings that had to flap…
just so…
or, for that matter…
the hurtful words that had to be spoken…
just then…👇
For our Galaxy to be born…
Or our sun…
Earth…
Life…
Buddha…
Autistic Johnny.
And, then, I think, if one butterfly flapped a nanosecond outta beat…
or one hurtful word was NEVER uttered…
No Galaxy…
No Buddha…
No Johnny…👇
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Say speaking of Buddha…
Know what’s really WEIRD about whirlpools?
Those spinning funnels in seas, streams, bathtubs…
Shaped by the flow of water tumbling down mountains… traveling through meadows… dashing around rocks & logs…👇
Some lasting fractions of a second. Some permanent enough to earn names like “Old Sow,” “Fishs Eddy”… or the “Eye of Jupiter”?
Cuz, the Eye of Jupiter? Just one BIG whirlpool…
Know what’s funny about ALL of these?👇
Inside… they’re simply some degree of vacuum… All that water or clouds or cause and effect or whatever… swirl around…
Nothing.
Even the named whirlpools.
Like the Milky Way.
The sun we call Sol…
Earth.
Autistic Johnny.
Buddha….
13.7 billion years.
432,000,000,000,000,000 seconds.👇
What a long…
strangely… joyful…
trip it’s been.
Hope next week’s better.
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Originally published on TikTok, 10/15/22.
Authentic Autistic Life: 4 Short Stories Fearless, Joyful and Chaotic, s3e2 – #AutisticAF Out Loud
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