Live Long & Prosper

Today I did something that I don’t do enough, and that involves the moon. I actually looked at it and watched it. It took me by surprise that I don’t give the moon enough credit or I don’t appreciate it enough. The moon is so important to us, even if it is only a quarter the diameter of Earth. It is our only natural satellite and its gravitational attraction causes the tidal influence. As humans, we get caught up in our own lives and communities, and we tend to forget how small we really are and what makes our lives work. When I stood there under the cloudy night sky with the scent of honeysuckles filling my senses, I remembered that I’m not alone in the world, and this planet is not alone in the universe either. Earth may be larger than some planets such as Pluto and Mars, but Jupiter is about the size of a basketball, while Earth is only softball sized. And to make it even more amazing, if the Sun is the size of a basketball, Jupiter is the size of a nectarine, and Earth, well, you get the picture, almost non-existent. But the thing is Earth is existent, to us at least. This is our home, and we may think we are the biggest thing out there, but we are not. We have to realize that there is always something bigger than ourselves out there and to other galactic planets we may just be another pea sized speck of dust that simply floats around the galaxy. I can’t believe that something so wonderful, such as space, exists and we don’t even know the complete depths of it yet. I can only hope that in some frame of time in the future we will be able to know and understand clearly all the beauty that has been put here. Who knows, Star Trek could be right, maybe someday man will go where no man has gone before.