[06.09.10]

We all get distracted by day to day life, and lose sight of the reality of the planet we share with everything and everyone we know. One of the most important things we can do, is to take a step back to see what an incredible planet we all have, and that taking care of it and each other is not something you volunteer for. So, each day, try to think about this, and do something good for someone or the environment around you. Whether it be playing with your kids, your pets, spending time with family and friends, speaking out for what is right, picking up trash, helping a stranger or just making someone close a good meal, just do it. As Mr. Sagan says, "Earth is where we make our stand".

I grew up inspired by Carl Sagan. He brought science and reality to the masses, and left us with some very important messages. Like this one:

 

"Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."

"The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand."

Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot