Space, emptiness, zero occupies most of it. Our earth is small and a rarity to sustain life as we know it in the Universe. After 50 years, we have yet to discover another planet of intelligent beings. Although our lack of appreciation for the great value this chance at life actually is, calls our intelligence into question, the good fortune of our mere existence is on the order of winning the lottery. Out of how many stars galaxies, planets that are there, we are one in billions in this moment of Universal history.
Until we saw the emptiness, darkness, loneliness of space, it is hard to appreciate this natural good fortune that the sum total of circumstances allowed life to thrive on the blue ball we see from the moon. Compare it to the haunting barren landscape of the moon, the earth looks like home. And it is.
Many do not believe in God. But we do believe in theories that are based on logic, order... physics and not random occurrence in nature. Technology cannot work without well established natural predictable phenomenon which I will avoid call laws. Because the principles will change with our growth in understanding and knowledge.
All these theories allowed us to make the technology to go to the moon by traveling through the frightening emptiness. Once arrived, we can see our existence is a precious oasis in the absolute emptiness of zero space.
Personally, I traveled through the prospect of emptiness, the loneliness of feeling completely helplessness, to arrive at a view of my life. I see what I need to thrive and it is not much. Seeing what makes me happy is like this picture of gazing at myself from afar. Just like for the first time, when the pictures of the first moon landing arrived on our screens.
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