I can be a creator.

I keep getting back to the same theme. The same thought. That I can't control what happens on the world stage. I have to learn to accept it. Corruption and all. The evil. Like it or not. For instance, I can't control events in Egypt. Or Tunisia. Or Albania. Or in the USA, for that matter. The same events will occur whether I'm alive or dead. Here or not here. It's like watching a baseball or football game. I can root for a particular team. But I can't control the outcome. The Cubs or the Bears will win or lose. Depending on what's fated. And I have absolutely no contol over it. Unless I'm a player, I suppose. And even then I wonder if I have control. But I am, to some significant degree, in control of my life. I'm living with my true love in Sardinia this winter. Because I want to. I don't have to. My true love and I have a rather dramatic effect/control on each other's lives. She can influence me. Significantly. I can influence her. Significantly. I also can choose what I do today. Whether it be to go to the seaside. Or for a walk. Or out to eat. I can more or less choose what I do. Like now. I'm writing this piece. Thinking. In a sense, I am creating. Something. Maybe that is what most makes me like god. I can be a creator, of sorts. Not in the same magnificent sense as god. But in a very human sense. And I like that. --Jim Broede