As we look outside of ourselves, we see inside of ourselves. We see who we are. That's my take.

What I 'see,' reading your lovely piece, is life being the remarkable thing it is...LIFE.

I think, and not to belittle anything you said, and certainly not your beliefs which I wholly respect, but to me, to believe in an almighty being such as god, shortchanges the miraculous thing that is all of life. We shortchange ourselves in thinking that there was something that created us, rather than the life we live creating itself. Millions of years of bootstrapping effort to become...you.

That's the true miracle. That's my take.

Thanks for the read! And great story too! Loved it. Take care.