This morning I awoke from a dream about chess. I was thinking about the "Star Trek" chess I used to play and the four dimensional chess board and games that I had copyrighted in 1975-6. I imagined that unlike current chess games, there was no board and that the two sides, although being in different generic colors, had variations within those colors that also indicated their power in the struggle. Also, groups were allowed to move simultaneously and when they did, warp signatures followed them. In front of each player was a circle with grids on it, and as they continuously moved within a stationary location, their focus showed a trajectory towards an intended opponent. The play was between two computers and each and every piece that was about to move had its intended target's "interstellar" trajectory calculation exhibited above the piece before it moved. When pieces were "captured", they were exploded and their remains littered the grid that comprised the multidimensional grid where the battle occurred. The sounds of the battle were "Star Trek" and both sides played "attack themes", which were also displayed at the sides of the game in opposing languages (i.e. English and Klingon [which by the way, is a genuine language]). The noise, the sights and sounds awoke me from a sound sleep... and so my day began. As I went through the tasks of producing the daily blog posts, I saw the sign at the top and remembered that old "Star Trek" board and playing chess with my brother-in-law Dick (now deceased a decade). And I realized how very SPECIAL EACH OF US IS. There will never be another "ME" or another "YOU". The lives we live, our hopes, dreams, aspirations and how we fulfill them are the stuff of magnificence. Each and every single person you know is marvelous; not just because of the things I mentioned, but also because God has made you that way. Consider, for a moment, these few verses from the book of Genesis...
Genesis, Chapter 1
26 God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
We have been given something very special- life!!! Live it fully and realize its source- God. Today, you may or may not have dreams, but with every breath you take, realize how special you are and thank God for the privilege of being you.