What a Human Life is Worth … Part 02 : the Judgment ( 03 / 03 / 2015 )
What a Human Life is Worth … Part 02 : the Judgment ( 03 / 03 / 2015 )
FACT -- No matter how critical our crises or terrible our tragedies or colossal our challenges , we are indeed but a small speck of dust in the grander scheme of things . AND this need not be a call to depression or hopelessness or a loss of Meaning ... Indeed , we can just as readily use this Truth to reawaken a profound sense of Humility instead ; a Humility that can re-enable us to renew our sense of wonderment over all things ― normal ‖ or ― boring ‖; that can re-inspire our desire to learn more about those around us instead of judging them from a place of ignorance or fear or hatred ; and that can thereby re-enliven our ability to exude Compassion towards all others -- especially those seen as ― strange ‖, or ― scary ‖, or ― mean ‖, or even ― evil .‖
―[ O ] ur species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise . In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it , explorations that are exhilarating to consider . They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder , that understanding is a joy , that knowledge is prerequisite to thriving within this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky .‖
(~ inspired by Carl Sagan )
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