we are but a tiny speck.

Often

Seeing big things like closeup photos or animations of things like the sun totally scares me. The sheer size. And how small earth is. And how small on earth WE are.

And if you then read shit like "Stephenson 2-18 is a red supergiant located 20,000 lightyears away. It is 2,150 times larger than our sun and 440,000 times more luminous. Around 10 billion Suns could fit inside Stephenson 2-18."

Carl Sagan - Cosmos- Stars - We Are Their Childrenhave my favourite sagan moment

Looking at the stars can be mind-boggling, and I think being in the ocean is similar...we are so tiny compared to the number of aquatic creatures and just how massive any ocean/river/lake is. Yet somehow we get to make connections, think and feel and love...so we are doing okay ♥

as I heard on a radio show long ago "we're just a carnival of life hurtling through space"

i love contemplating it when i am worried or stressed. sorta puts it all into perspective for me (in that moment) i mean... we don't even beat our own hearts!! we can't NOT breathe!! it's crazy... and i heard a talk about how we are all connected with everything and it was so hard to imagine but then I thought of in SL when i do the wire frame...

and you see it IS all connected LOL... just sorta been thinking about all this a LOT lately... and it's been a good thing... (i can worry) just wondered if anyone else did.

DawnTokyoska: yes!! agree!! all of that!!!

Lacie: oh love that!

SanuraSnowpaw: i know right?

Tillie: i hear ya... and the sun is 93 million miles away and we can feel the heat! and the next closest star is 4 light years away!!! we are really out if the middle of outer space! hahah

Tillie: so crazy isn't it? i can't comprehend it.

nimil: thank you!!