76.2) Standing on the ground I don't feel as though things are spinning out of control. It's the pictures of Earth taken from space that I find a little disconcerting. Something like Carl Sagan's <i>Pale Blue Dot</i> blows my mind >>>> -- Cindy's Cottage

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Date Posted: 22:09:08 10/24/07 Wed
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Elaine
Subject: 76.2) Standing on the ground I don't feel as though things are spinning out of control. It's the pictures of Earth taken from space that I find a little disconcerting. Something like Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot blows my mind >>>>
In reply to: Marilyn 's message, "Chapter Seventy-Six 'The Stardust Sea'" on 20:09:55 10/24/07 Wed

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

God, that is profound.

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Oh how I loved that man and his work, E. Thanks for sharing that- I still miss his wit and wisdom and cried when I heard he'd died. He kept his dignity and humour right to the very end, not to mention his gentle spirit. (NT) -- celtgirl, 08:43:47 10/25/07 Thu
Fascinating, Elaine. Thanks so much for sharing. Our insignificance can be overwhelming at times. (NT) -- Denise, 20:36:52 10/25/07 Thu

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