Creation

There is something about the night sky for me. Driving home, late, while bright moonlight tries to peek behind black, bleak clouds. This is where my thoughts become the clearest, deepest, and most sure. Tonight, as I drove into the night, streetlights and a paved road helping to guide my way the creation of human beings pressed on my mind. The vastness of the night sky brought the scope of creation into my mind, as I began, tonight, to think about what separates human beings from other animals.

I thought about the other creatures of the world, most of which are faster and fiercer than we are. They have better hearing and sensitivity to their surroundings. The surety of the man's creation hit me as an invisible gust of wind that knocked me to my knees. I was created. There is no way human beings could be this unique of a creature. If you look at all creations as physical beings you'll see that humans can't survive in the world the way animals can. We don't have fur, we don't even have claws. We were created to think, building tools to help create a way for ourselves. We are the some of the weakest creatures, yet we have power over creations larger and more powerful than ourselves.

As I pondered this, I pondered the reasons and the implications. Without the ability to communicate with other human beings, we would not have survived quite so well. I can't name one animal with such advanced methods of communication. Is there an animal with any power remotely close to the ability to read and write? That is by far man's greatest achievement, what most clearly separates us from the other creatures of the earth.

Using hands, minds, and some muscle, we have the internet, houses, tools, gadgets...knowledge building upon past knowledge. We have machines and tools with one thousand times the strength that we possess. We also have a method of communication so clear it is possible (in a way) for the dead to communicate with the living: writing. What other creature can do this? If it was just evolution, then why are we the only ones? What makes us so unique and lucky? It's just too much for me, I cannot accept that this is mere coincidence, for me, this means we were created.

Not using my hands, but other tools I have the power over the lives of other creatures. This is the way I was created, it is the way our creator designed human beings. Many animals rely on us for food and shelter. When we provide them these things, they will come to rely on us for other things, even relief. When my mom accidentally cut my dog's nail a little too deep and I took a rag and held it on her paw until she stopped bleeding, my dog turned to me for relief. She could see the power of humans, I think, in so many ways, animals can see it clearer than we can. She knew I could stop the bleeding, she didn't understand why, but that understanding kept her near me for a few days, possibly until she was sure she wasn't going to be hurt again. They don't understand how we take care of them, but they, unlike us, understand our power, and humbly allow us to exercise it. This, to me, is further proof of how we were created. Only the greatest predators or largest animals could be as arrogant as humans are.

I am blown away by what man can do. We can create such magnificent things, great buildings, skyscrapers, pyramids, etc. We also can communicate with each other, tell our fears, our hopes, our dreams. What I write could reach complete strangers, on the other side of the world. We also have the power of great destruction, massacres, we could bring the stink of death upon all the creatures of the earth.

Some super hero movie says "with great power comes great responsibility," and that is so true. There are so many other people, so many other creatures in this world. Building on the knowledge of humans today and humans of the past, we can create whatever kind of world we would like. I hope I can live up to being human, what an honor to be endowed with such responsibilities.