I'm not going to lecture here. The world seems to be both glorious and in chaos and that status is apparent to all of us - now daily.

Carl Sagan wrote a book called Cosmos years ago and there was a PBS series of that name that more than took us by surprise as to the depth and breadth of its following. When it came out, it was 'destination' viewing. People planned around it, kids were told to hush up and listen, and parents were glued to this idea that we are just pixels...and there was something greater than us and our day to day.

I figured I'd start putting up some of this on here as a constant reminder that we are transient and the rest of the universe is forever...just to put us in perspective:

Footprints in the Sand

For those of you who are not familiar with this iconic poem, here (on the poster and on the right official website for the poem itself) is the original and copyrighted text taken from a page written in her own hand and dated to the 1930s. Mary Stevenson had a most difficult life as many did during the depression. During the 30s Mary moved from suburban Philadelphia to Oklahoma(Claremore outside of Tulsa) where she stayed with her infant son, somewhat in hiding and somewhat escaping from an abusive marriage. She returned to Philadelphia after the outbreak of the war and her life, although difficult and at times heartbreaking, was sustained by the faith and inspiration of her words.
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