Wow. Take a look at this image.  Actually, think about it.  How incredible is it that such a small brain can create such an enormous and wonderful thing? Ok. You may not consider a crane a wonderful thing…but how about the San Francisco bridge, the Empire State Building (built in 14 months), the pyramids, etc.  You get where I’m going with this, right?

It’s amazing to me what man can create with his brain! Brilliant music, outstanding art, unbelievable technology. When I was a child, the idea of a cell phone would have been laughable!  (Drum roll, please!) Nothing, however, comes close to man’s greatest creation–life itself!

I love to watch a roomful of toddlers playing and laughing. It brings me joy to watch these innocent little beings.  At the same time, I feel sadness. Some children will not be able to achieve their potential because of circumstances.  When I think about their future, I think of a tag line from Southern New Hampshire University: The world equally distributes talent, but doesn’t equally distribute opportunity. This is so true. What if everyone had equal opportunity? Would our prisons be empty? Would poverty be a thing of the past? Would we have fair and equitable laws and lawmakers?

Every day I watch the news on TV.  Rarely does a day go by when I don’t see a mug shot of some disheveled young man. At one time that person was a happy, playful child.

Where are all those incredible human beings who build giant cranes and make babies? Hopefully, they’re creating opportunities.