Wake me up before you go-go
It was great to have finally woken up. The inevitable meeting with Sir Richard Branson and the look of recognition in his eyes told the truth of the dream, I was really doing it.
For the fourth time, I was completing this book. As before, we started in the year 2044. I looked down at my hands and saw the wrinkles of an 82 year old man and began to remember the outstanding life I had lived. Knowing at the point of publication the influence this story had, the feeling was one of awe. I felt at one with the Creator. As had been said by many theologians, the pen is the instrument of the Word of God for each of the authors of the Bible.
Whilst I am not putting the story in the same category as the Bible, I felt a similar presence myself. These words held a potency of information passed back through time to ensure the story unfolded as it should.
From this point of view the beauty I beheld can only be compared to the moment a lover falls head over heels in love with the beloved. Words like 'bliss' failed to convey the experience. Life is an endlessly fascinating expression of the divine spark and from my seat here as a senior citizen the appreciation was unbounded.
The quantum leap of time travel bewilders the mind with its paradoxical creations. Over and over, I have faced these seemingly impossible realities that have staggered the imagination, rendering me powerless to relate it to the general populace. That is why I have held back each time.
Without such restraint the asteroid would have hit and the history of our species would have been completely different. It is a strange thing, how the knowledge you have after the event helps you understand why it unfolded as it did. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." My understanding is that life can be understood in countless ways and lived in any direction. Our imagination can unlock the shackles that bind us to the arrow of time.
If you are reading this prior to the asteroid threat, the fear you may feel is very real. However, an unwavering belief in our ability to prevail empowers us all to face the threat and avert it. From my point of view we did. The quantum universe can produce any outcome you can imagine. The important thing is choosing the one you desire. That is why I wrote this book.
I hope you enjoy the story and even more importantly enjoy your part in it.
For the fourth time, I was completing this book. As before, we started in the year 2044. I looked down at my hands and saw the wrinkles of an 82 year old man and began to remember the outstanding life I had lived. Knowing at the point of publication the influence this story had, the feeling was one of awe. I felt at one with the Creator. As had been said by many theologians, the pen is the instrument of the Word of God for each of the authors of the Bible.
Whilst I am not putting the story in the same category as the Bible, I felt a similar presence myself. These words held a potency of information passed back through time to ensure the story unfolded as it should.
From this point of view the beauty I beheld can only be compared to the moment a lover falls head over heels in love with the beloved. Words like 'bliss' failed to convey the experience. Life is an endlessly fascinating expression of the divine spark and from my seat here as a senior citizen the appreciation was unbounded.
The quantum leap of time travel bewilders the mind with its paradoxical creations. Over and over, I have faced these seemingly impossible realities that have staggered the imagination, rendering me powerless to relate it to the general populace. That is why I have held back each time.
Without such restraint the asteroid would have hit and the history of our species would have been completely different. It is a strange thing, how the knowledge you have after the event helps you understand why it unfolded as it did. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." My understanding is that life can be understood in countless ways and lived in any direction. Our imagination can unlock the shackles that bind us to the arrow of time.
If you are reading this prior to the asteroid threat, the fear you may feel is very real. However, an unwavering belief in our ability to prevail empowers us all to face the threat and avert it. From my point of view we did. The quantum universe can produce any outcome you can imagine. The important thing is choosing the one you desire. That is why I wrote this book.
I hope you enjoy the story and even more importantly enjoy your part in it.
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