The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994
well i also dreamed of galaxies :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderful message, Helen, and one that can inspire people who are open to it. It's always good to get some perspective. Tanya & I (more often I :-) are always thinking about how we live in the context of 6 billion people.
ReplyDeleteI found out that with my meager monthly Social Security disability check I'm still in the top 14% richest people in the world, and that's without counting Tanya's teaching income. That means that billions of people must be dirt poor.
But your post gives us HUGE perspective. We're such a wee thing in the face of the whole universe. Some physicist (maybe Feynman?) said something like (paraphrasing), "The universe is so gargantuan that anything we can imagine is not only possible, but inevitable."
Awesome! I'm glad they're refurbishing the Hubble Telescope I think the Images it has provided all of us are Amazing + yes Stellar!!
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WOW! There is so much to see here on your page! Incredible!
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