October 11, 2025
Sometimes it feels like the world is playing a game we were never given the rulebook for. Today’s Thought of the Day and Question of the Day explore what happens when we realize life, and the world around us, doesn’t always play fair, logical, or even human. From Anne Rice’s haunting observation about nature’s indifference to a thought experiment about supernatural beings, today’s reflection dives into what makes us human in a world that often isn’t.
Thought of the Day:
“The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.” — Anne Rice
Anne Rice had a way of peeling back the polite layers of life and exposing the wild, dark pulse beneath it. Her words remind us that the world doesn’t always bend to our sense of fairness or morality, it’s operating on its own schedule, its own instincts, its own rules.
When a storm knocks out the power right before dinner, or when your kid wakes up at 3 a.m. convinced there’s a spider the size of a Buick in their room, you remember: the universe doesn’t care about your plans. The rules of bedtime and convenience are human inventions. The rules of chaos are eternal.
And yet, there’s a strange comfort in that realization. Nature, time, and even luck, all the things we can’t control, are constant reminders that life’s not personal. The rain doesn’t fall on you; it just falls. The traffic jam isn’t an attack; it’s entropy in action. When you stop taking it personally, the world starts feeling less cruel and more… honest.
Sometimes, it’s not about controlling the rules, it’s about learning how to play your hand anyway. Even when the cards are stacked funny.
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Question of the Day:
If you could guarantee one supernatural creature was real, which would you pick?
I’ll admit it,I’d really like Sasquatch and a phoenix to be real. There’s something perfect about that pairing. Sasquatch would prove there’s still mystery hiding in the corners of our forests, and the phoenix would remind us that even after we burn out, there’s always a way to rise again.
Plus, imagine the headlines. “Phoenix sighting over Jersey: Residents blame wildfires, witness swears it smelled like chicken.”
But beyond the humor, this question taps into something deeply human: our need to believe in what’s beyond us. Vampires, ghosts, angels, werewolves, each one reflects a different side of ourselves. We create monsters to explain the parts of life we can’t, and we invent miracles to remind ourselves that hope is still allowed.
Maybe that’s why I’d want the phoenix to be real most of all. Because who doesn’t want proof that transformation is possible? That endings aren’t really endings, just a smoky pause before something new takes flight?
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The Real Question
Maybe today’s Thought of the Day and Question of the Day have the same answer: the world doesn’t follow human rules, and that’s exactly why we invent creatures that do—or don’t. Maybe the supernatural is our way of fighting back against randomness.
If the universe can be unfair, maybe it can also be magical.
So what would you choose? The quiet mystery of Bigfoot? The fiery rebirth of a phoenix? Or something else entirely?
Tell me in the comments, I genuinely want to know what kind of wonder (or weirdness) you’d bring into this rule-breaking world.
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