Relative Something

Hey, it’s 09/09/09! Cool, huh?

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The universe pretty much exceeds our capacity to measure. Astronomers and scientists tell us that stars explode and implode, sending ghastly amounts of lethal energy in every direction, and black holes have so much gravitational pull that light can’t escape. Cataclysms that are occurring in space are so removed from our awareness that it’s as if they are merely science fiction for the purpose of entertainment. Meanwhile, on our planet, extremely devastating droughts threaten to starve 4 million people in Kenya and conflicts of war kill civilians in Afghanistan. In our neighborhoods, domestic disturbances bring death to families or to a responding officer.

It swirls around us every day. It’s enough to overwhelm our sensibilities. What can we do?

Sometimes it comes down to simply living our lives. Do what we do, and do it to the best of our ability. Be honest and true. Love others.

Maybe, in some small way, there is value in knowing about these things that happen around us, even though they exceed our capacity to fix, or even to understand. There is also value in being the best we can possibly be, regardless whatever else is happening in the world and the universe around us.

Simply live.