The other morning on my drive to work I was listening to the radio. A scientist on NPR was talking about the possibility that they had discovered another planet capapable of life. However, the location of this said planet was, like, 600 light years away. Okay I may be exaggerating because I don't remember the specific number, but it was far enough away that it would take longer to travel to than the lifespan of human beings on Earth. Much, much longer.
Anyway, as I was listening I had this miny epiphany. Or maybe a reality check? I'm not sure what it was, but suddenly I was overcome with emotion about the fact that we live on this floating globe in the middle of space with nothing but vast emptiness beyond.
I wasn't exactly sad or scared or thrilled. I was just stunned for a short period of time. Like I had never really acknowledged just how strange and precious and unknown and beautiful this world that we live in is.
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