The Thunder in You

Do you recognize your necessity?

Perhaps my very asking of the question makes you uncomfortable. I am sorry; it is not my intention.
My intention is to make sure you realize you have necessity.

We impact the world with our presence.

I find people constantly make the assumption they are not necessary. They assume they are not as relevant as are others. They believe they do not matter and that life would go on “as usual” if they were no longer here.

Hmmmm.
Honestly, I am not sure I understand what that means.

In fact, the most re-published science fiction story of all time deals with concept of the absolute relevance of even the most minute of living items.

The story is Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”.

This poignant piece of work strikes at our inner, perhaps insecure, core. But why?

In this story the whole world as we currently know it, and everything about time itself, is altered only because human beings, who in the story have the power to time travel, go back in time and, by accident, harm one tiny creature.

So I ask you, since Mr. Bradbury’s story continues to be republished across cultures and continents, resurrected in radio plays and audio books and was, a few years ago, revived as a film, what about this 60-year-old story still scrapes inside us?

Is it doubt about the ideas of our relevance, of our significance? Or, is it because we completely trust the truth of those ideas?

On the other hand, are we drawn to the story not only because we are still searching within ourselves for relevance, but also because we are searching for our relevance within the context of the continuum?

Without equivocation I will state:
We impact the world with our presence.

So, I ask again, do you recognize your necessity?