Someone somewhere right now 

I am staring through a plain glass as I write this, looking out from inside this place I’m seated. I am trying to be present in this moment, as I observe the cars, the tricycles, the bikes and the people passing by in all directions.

The other day I was reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations and it was about how the entire world is happening right now, at the same time. How the different experiences of all humans are in sync in every moment.

Like right now. About 8 billion different experiences happening simultaneously.

I am here, done with breakfast and feeling hopeful about the current trajectory of my businesses. There is someone in a car that just passed whose child’s illness is only getting worse. A lady just walked past quietly leaping for joy for the new job in the mailbox. One man somewhere just received the most shattering news of his life and is speechless. A student on a campus somewhere just got announced as best graduating student after 4 years of grueling work.

Someone just committed suicide. Someone just found purpose. Someone just assaulted someone. Someone just got bullied. Someone just saved a life. Someone just stabbed the other. A newborn just cried. A grandma just breathed their last.

All right now, in this second.

It’s doing many things to me just to ponder on that. For one, it’s making me make everything less about me.