Whatever Year It Is

Two Thousand and Eighteen is

coming to an end. Similar to other

ends but so different. As such I feel

as though a little perspective on

the passage of time might be called

for.

Earth is generally believed to be

geologically 4.543 Billion years old,

which makes the passing of 2018 seem

somewhat insignificant. Just another

cosmic trip around the Sun, no biggie.

Another minor tick on the universal clock.

The Hebrew calendar indicates this is the

year 5779 which is clearly ahead of the arbitrarily created

Gregorian calendar, again, meaning very little

regarding the passing of 2018 into the histories.

Again, just another year swept under the

proverbial rug like so much dust.

Buddha, being a little older than Jesus H. Christ,

means Buddhists believe this is the year

2554. Again, making this burgeoning 2019 seem

rather anti-climactic, before it even begins.

I’m actually sort of sad I’ll never see the

Gregorian 2554. Maybe we’ll get those flying cars by then.

Islam believes this is the year 1439, which

is flattering for the Earth I’m sure. Everyone likes

being told that they look 1439 years old when

they’re really 4.543 Billion. Earth might get out

her hot pants and head to the club, get her

booty-quake on.

The Chinese calendar marks this year as 4716.

Which makes for very awkward oversized

New Year’s novelty eye-glasses. The Chinese

have a culture steeped in history, and documentation

of that history, so I’d bet they’re pretty close on

actual human engagement of year counting.

The Japanese calendar is a little tougher to figure

out since they mark the passage of time through

Imperial years, or rather, the

length of the Emperor’s reigns.

So, I’m not really sure what year it

is, but pretty damn old.

And to put it all together means…

Well…, I’m not really sure.

I’m not sure it has to mean anything

other than to remember that we’re

all on this sexy, booty-quaking, planet

together, regardless of what year we believe

it is.

It is in that perspective, I hope the

New Year, this 2019, marks the high

point of our shared blue dot as it makes

it’s yearly rotation around a minor star,

in the vastness of cosmic wonder.  I hope

2019 is a year for peace and prosperity,

acceptance, intelligence and love for all

believers. For whatever year it is.  

Happy New Year!!!