When I think of the human body, I think of the surface – skin smooth or wrinkled, dark or light.  And the infinite variety of clothes we humans adorn ourselves with.

But what of the interior?  I know there’s a lot of stuff in there!  And thank God there is … so I can continue being vertical.

I’m starting to get it: Beauty is not just in the contours of the skin.  There’s a sweet universe inside.

Take the blood vessels, for instance.  The arteries take blood away from the heart, the veins return it, and the tiny capillaries exchange good stuff between the blood and tissues.

Here’s the stunner: We have 100,000 kilometres of blood vessels, enough to travel around the world twice!

So, in some twist of logic …

We Are The World

There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one

…

We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving

…

Oh, send them your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free

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I just asked myself a question.  “Were you successful in tying together artery length and a song for world unity?” 

And the answer … “Probably not!”

To be followed closely by “Who cares?”

I’m smiling in my body and in the wide world of other bodies