They can't see what lies ahead when sun is gone and moon is dead

And in the night when all is quiet and we are all alone, are we also unseen? Or does some force watch our lonely musings, our furtive movements, our joy and suffering? Some celestial voyeur who takes his pleasure from watching us wander through life? If we squint hard enough, can we catch this entity at work? If we could, what would we learn from him? That all life is pointless? Or would we learn something of greater value? Some greater purpose, perhaps, for each one of us. We could live our lives with the knowledge that someday we might find that purpose, and our lives might have meaning.

No matter how hard I squint, I still don't see it. So what does that leave us with? If we search hard enough, can we find our purpose for ourselves? Forge a path of our own creation, perhaps. Or maybe we should just stop looking, and acccept that things are what they are. Can a man of science, a man who can't see that greater guiding force, do any less? This is my conundrum.

Science shall say that all is as it is because of natural law. But if we evolved from simple one celled organisms, guided purely by the forces of nature, then what possible purpose could we serve? Beyond the niche we hold, by force of our will, in the amazing ecosystem of this third rock from the sun, what purpose does this man serve? Not just one man, but all men (and women)?

In the end, the only purpose we can serve is to each other. But we all can't be doctors and nurses. We can't all cure cancer, or stamp out hunger, or mental illness. If we did, who would drive the buses, who would clean up the streets, pump the gas of the middle class man? Who would make your clothes and cook your food? Who would grease the wheels that make our daily lives livable? Who would do the thousand tasks that you don't want to?

So if you see him, thank God for those that choose to help the world in their own way. And if you don't see a guiding hand, but instead just a flawed being like you trying to be useful, then thank them for what they bring to your life.

Imagine what it would be like without them.

Musing complete.