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The Universe and The Insignificant
Yesterday we were reflecting on how much prices had changed over the years. When I was in college one of the required courses that I needed to take for my major, Geology, was one called "Summer Field Methods". At the time it involved traveling around the western United States in a Chevy Suburban traveling from Texas to the farthest reaches of the Olympic peninsula in Washington state. Over a six week period of time, we covered over 10,500 miles, stayed an a motel for a total of two nights and camped the rest of the time. The entire trip cost somewhere in the neighborhoo
d of $275.00 for gasoline and we each had to bring $150.00 cash in the form of travelers checks with us to cover all of our expenses for the six weeks. My, times and economies have changed. It was a great way to see the country and there was plenty of time for contemplation. I remember one night in particular, we were camping in northern Montana, there was just a sliver of moon in the sky, we were at least 100 miles from the nearest town of any consequence and the sky was ablaze with starlight. The milky way was clearly visable and the starlight was almost bright enough to read a newspaper by. As I laid there in my sleeping bag, no tents were allowed, I looked up into the eternity of the heavens and marveled at the sight. The cool, crisp mountain air refreshed my ears and cheeks and were a welcome sensation compared to the coziness of the sleeping bag. I was looking back into millions, no billions of years of time. The starlight had been traveling for hundreds of centuries, just to delight our vision and light up that particular night. If that doesn't make you feel 
special, then I guess nothing will. When you are out in nature, alone at night, looking up at the sky, a person can feel very small and insignificant. Wouldn't be nice if all of the problems in our world were as insignificant. They should be. Have you ever thought about the fact that all babies are born equal. Babies are born with no prejudice toward anyone. They don't know if they are black, white. brown, or yellow. They don't care if they are Christain, Muslum, Jewish, Hindu, Buddist or whatever. They just know to love and grow. Grown-ups that should know better and should know all of the answers teach them about hate, religious intolerance and bigotry. Maybe the grownups should take a lesson from the babies of the world.
Yesterday we were reflecting on how much prices had changed over the years. When I was in college one of the required courses that I needed to take for my major, Geology, was one called "Summer Field Methods". At the time it involved traveling around the western United States in a Chevy Suburban traveling from Texas to the farthest reaches of the Olympic peninsula in Washington state. Over a six week period of time, we covered over 10,500 miles, stayed an a motel for a total of two nights and camped the rest of the time. The entire trip cost somewhere in the neighborhoo
d of $275.00 for gasoline and we each had to bring $150.00 cash in the form of travelers checks with us to cover all of our expenses for the six weeks. My, times and economies have changed. It was a great way to see the country and there was plenty of time for contemplation. I remember one night in particular, we were camping in northern Montana, there was just a sliver of moon in the sky, we were at least 100 miles from the nearest town of any consequence and the sky was ablaze with starlight. The milky way was clearly visable and the starlight was almost bright enough to read a newspaper by. As I laid there in my sleeping bag, no tents were allowed, I looked up into the eternity of the heavens and marveled at the sight. The cool, crisp mountain air refreshed my ears and cheeks and were a welcome sensation compared to the coziness of the sleeping bag. I was looking back into millions, no billions of years of time. The starlight had been traveling for hundreds of centuries, just to delight our vision and light up that particular night. If that doesn't make you feel 
special, then I guess nothing will. When you are out in nature, alone at night, looking up at the sky, a person can feel very small and insignificant. Wouldn't be nice if all of the problems in our world were as insignificant. They should be. Have you ever thought about the fact that all babies are born equal. Babies are born with no prejudice toward anyone. They don't know if they are black, white. brown, or yellow. They don't care if they are Christain, Muslum, Jewish, Hindu, Buddist or whatever. They just know to love and grow. Grown-ups that should know better and should know all of the answers teach them about hate, religious intolerance and bigotry. Maybe the grownups should take a lesson from the babies of the world. 
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