Greetings Dear Reader,
Sometimes I will end the day with thoughts that are
important to get out. Usually I just
write them and put them in my journal folder.
I have chosen that on occasion I will share them with you Dear Reader.
I was six years old and the summer heat had not yet broken
in Atlanta. The Braves were having a
losing season. School was already a torture
under the tutelage of Mrs. Methuselah Mars.
And then the Great Bird of the Galaxy flew into the heart of my small
black and white TV and into the soul of a six-year-old fatherless boy.
Forty-nine years ago today Star Trek premiered. The show was in danger of cancelation from
the outset. Still over three years the
work of the cast and crew of this ground breaking, envelope pushing show
changed my life. I learned so much about life during these
weekly forty-four minute adventures.
The challenges Kirk and crew faced taught me values and
judgment. They taught me to see the
good in everyone. I learned to honor the
differences between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy.
Later in life I had the honor to meet and thank each of them. Today as I ponder the long life and deep
success of this venture I am reminded of the good it has done in so many lives.
This entertainment transcended simple fun and dared to teach
us along the way. Thank you Gene
Roddenberry and company for all that you have given me. I continue to learn from reruns and
movies. Hailing frequencies open
Captain.
All that I Needed to Know About Life I learned from Star
Trek:
- Seek out new life and new civilizations.
- Non-interference is the Prime Directive.
- Keep your phaser set on stun.
- Humans are highly illogical.
- There's no such thing as a Vulcan death grip.
- Live long and prosper.
- Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting; it is not logical but it is often true.
- Infinite diversity in infinite combinations (IDIC).
- Tribbles hate Klingons (and Klingons hate Tribbles).
- Enemies are often invisible - like Klingons, they can be cloaked.
- Don't put all your ranking officers in one shuttle craft.
- When your logic fails, trust a hunch.
- Insufficient data does not compute.
- If it can't be fixed, just ask Scotty.
- Even in our own world, sometimes we are aliens.
- When going out into the Universe, remember: "Boldly go where no man has gone before!"
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”
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