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A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN?

Prompt: What does "Heaven On Earth" mean to you?

The perfect place to be on Earth is supposed to be just like the imaginary visions of heaven.

Now that could be the Christian heaven with God surrounded by angels and lots of fluffy white clouds and rainbows. Or a wild crazy place with thousands of young, voluptuous virgins or the place for slain warriors called Valhalla. The ideas and images are different for each religion and culture.

To Americans I think it means to have the 'Dream' where the scenic spot is perfect and the little house with the white picket fence is always surrounded by perfect weather.  Songs and poems abound about heaven on earth. An expression of idealism. Perfection subtly tied to religion. You think?

I remember my mother called the redwood forests of northern California, "A little bit of heaven, like a cathedral." And there are places on Earth of awe inspiring beauty and grandeur. Reduced to a photo or a zooming video they lose something.

You have to stand out there and actually see for yourself. Then we humans are not so big or important.

Think on that...>>>iggy

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