(Spoilers ahead. Though, you probably already know what happens, as you'd have to live under a rock not to know at this point.)

It seems like fans of Lost are having one of two reactions to the finale - either they loved it (and cried!) or they thought it was a cop-out.

I'm of the camp that cried. In fact, I not only cried, but I bawled like a baby, and that's saying a lot since I usually have nerves of steel and I never cry at movies. Ever.

What really got me at the end was the peace and happiness on Jack's face as he (and his friends) were enveloped in the white light. And the peace on his face as he finally laid down to die, knowing that he had done something good and meaningful in saving the island.

I got caught in the rain this morning as I was walking back from Trader Joe's with two armloads of groceries. I had no car and no umbrella, not even a raincoat. Fortunately, the rain was more of a light drizzle, and it was not too cold. Walking back home with the raindrops on my face, I was struck by how enjoyable the feeling was. Maybe if I had known it was going to rain before I left I might have waited until it cleared up, and then I would have missed the refreshing drizzle.

I thought about how we are trained to automatically run for cover when it rains, once we get past that age where splashing around in puddles is "appropriate." How many times do we shut ourselves off from an experience just because we're wired to?

I made a mental note to try to be more open and appreciate the rain more, both literally and figuratively.

I really loved this blog entry from Kundalini Yoga teacher Patrick Lacho. He talks about "sideways people" - i.e., people who get us off track and turn us "sideways."

http://kundaliniyogabootcamp.com/mind-body-soul/philosophy/sideways-people/

Sometimes we go through events in life that can be rather stressful and shocking. These can be major life events such as having an accident or losing your house, or personal events such as losing a friend.

In the "everything must be positive" brand of new age thought, such events are to be avoided at all costs. Law of Attraction people will tell you that if you have something bad happen to you in your life, that you "created" it with your negative thinking...so shame on you! Get with the program! Think more positively and life will just be a bowl of cherries without any pits in it!

This is simplistic, wishful thinking that ignores the fact that we're here as souls to experience challenges for our spiritual growth.

Sometimes when we experience an event that we perceive as negative in the outside world, it is actually a blessing in disguise.

I've heard the story of the MBA and the fisherman before, but this is a nice visual presentation of it:

I always found the concept of an infinite universe mind-boggling. How could it possibly go on forever without any borders? If you travel in a straight line in outer space, would you go on and on forever, or would you end up looping back to where you started from?

What if the universe was finite? What if you got to the end and there was an invisible wall that stopped you from going past it? What would be on the other side? Nothing? And would that nothing go on forever? Or would there be another universe on the other side? If so, would that universe also end, and would it then have another universe behind it, and so on and so on...

How did this all come to be? It makes no sense whatsoever. Pondering it all will either give you a sense of awe, irony, or bewilderment.