21,550 days on Earth
Monk Dude’s Log: Earth Day 21, 550. 59 solar orbits completed.
On November the 5th, when I wailed my first wail in Napier General Hospital, 320,000 other Earthlings also took birth. The day this army of Scorpios emerged into your world was a Saturday.
The next day God did it all over again, even though He was supposed to be resting.
So far as I know, nothing else of great significance occurred on that day, unless you count the fact that in the movie, Back to the Future, the time traveling Delorean car went back to this same day, same year. Coincidence? I think not.
Now that we have established the historical significance of this day, we come to the somewhat delicate matter of… Presents!
On Hobbit Birthdays, the birthday person distributes gifts to all, rather than receiving them. So presents tend to get recycled. Those are some very environmentally aware Hobbits.
Now I am not possessed of sufficient worldly wealth to give presents to all my friends, especially if I count all my Facebook and Linkedin friends, but I do have a plan. I want to give everyone a spiritual present. With the help of my wonderful friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, we have created a free (so far) meditation app, called Bliss Courses, available on iOS and Android. It includes a selection of beautiful spiritual chants (kiirtans), guided meditations, yoga teaching videos, including sequences for different common problems like back pain, headaches and many more, plus an introductory ’30 day virtual retreat’ to help you establish the habit of meditation and yoga. We are giving it away to the world! Aren’t we nice?
Just in case, being the excellent Hobbit you are, you are wondering what you might give me on your own birthday, you could pass on this gift to anyone you think might need it.
Happy Birthday, world!