The Internet

Since I've had access to the rest of the world via the internet - about ten years now - I've come to realise just what an amazing bunch of people there are living in this world.
People who connect, and are willing to share whatever it is they have in their lives, be it something very small and seemingly insignificant, or something blindingly life-changing. There are people from all walks of life, from all over the world, living in situations ranging from near poverty to having everything they need, doing all kinds of jobs, or voluntary work, or art, all with their own particular interests and passions, but the one thing they all have in common is sharing.

I feel very privileged to have "met" so many of these people, and to have shared friendship with them, even though I might never physically meet, touch, or talk to most of them. Even so, there is a bond between us all, like strings that connect us, and the more we give of ourselves, the more connections are made and strengthened.
I consider that I have friends in places and positions that I once never knew of, and every one of them teaches me a little more of their world every time we connect, and they learn a little more about me at the same time.
This connection is the remover of ignorance - the slayer of fear, and the unifying factor that should be in everybody's life, not just the lives of the chosen few.

The word love is used a lot among these friends of mine, and it has very special meaning for me, as it reminds me that we are all one, all of the same source, a part of the same universe.
I don't give a fig for religion - my personal belief is that religion is an artifice, a man made system that has been designed primarily to control, and I'll have no part of it. Let others believe as they will.
My one wish is that EVERYBODY could have the opportunities that the internet has given me - the chance to connect, without let or hindrance, to every other person in the world, and to share, and to love.

Hmmmm - that turned into a bit of a rant, didn't it?

I'll lighten up now with a pretty picture, and a poem from  2 years ago, all about love. :0)

First Date

We shared a bench for lunchtime

Miss Amanda Trott and I

she had a pot of salad,

And I had Grosvenor pie

I really liked her company

but couldn't help wonder why

She'd asked if she might share a bench 

with me.

The sun was very pleasant

neither too hot, nor too cool

and childrens voices cracked the air

down by the paddling pool

Amanda chatted easily so

I didn't feel a fool,

I just answered all her questions and 

we smiled

I could feel the threads between us

building layers like a rope

Her easy manner helped me,

made me feel that I could cope

and although I wasn't confident

It really gave me hope.

that we might do the same again

tomorrow

My watch relayed the message 

it was time for us to part

but I really felt attachment 

by these strings from heart to heart

so I blurted out the question

"Do you think that we could start

to see each other when we aren't 

here working?"

She looked at me quite kindly

and then she gave a wink

and she said "I'm doing nothing 

Sunday lunch-time - do you think

that if I gave you my phone number,

you could take me for a drink?"

and I just sat there with my eyes and mouth 

wide open.

Well, we couldn't leave the park through 

separate gates now, that was clear

although that was the way we entered 

when we first came here

so she took my arm,(the rope intact)

and I grinned from ear to ear,

and we walked back to work again

Together.

© Rob King