Is a great question.  Or, should that be, is a great question?

What if we could genetically remove anger and violence from the Human experience, would we do it?

As we follow the news, it is tempting, but are there things we might unknowingly undo about what it is to be Human if we chose this step?

I think about how it’s been the most difficult things which have both provoked a reaction from me, and also have framed my positive action.  This has been my choice and I have grown as a result.

When I look at Human history, I see that some of the bravest souls who inspire and challenge me have emerged in response to things which are not good.  We see the beautiful possibilities of Human life in the darkest places.

So, do we have a dilemma?

Our questions are our ways of imagining a better future so we might shape a better now.

Are the solutions “out there” or are they “in here,” inside me, the things I choose?

What if we could change ourselves to be people creating a better future without altering the Human genome?

What if Albert Espinosa‘s right to suggest that breathing and walking and laughter are interconnected and each can be changed by a different way of breathing and walking and laughing?*  What he’s really saying is, this, this me, isn’t all there is, and who can we choose to be?

We’re just asking some What if? questions.

What’s your What if? question?

(*Albert Espinosa discovered his breathing and walking changed after he had a leg amputated and he had to learn to walk on different kinds of legs as he recovered and grew older – and he found that walking on these legs – mechanical, hydraulic, electronic – made him laugh.  He recommends we change the ways we breathe and walk and laugh every so often!)