Nothing rejuvenates my spirit like being a speck beneath a vast starry expanse, standing on the edge of a continent with an endless ocean roaring in my face, looking into the high, craggy countenance of a massive mountain range, or the feeling the raw power of a thunderstorm raging through the sky, lightning dancing to the rolls and strikes of thunder.
There's something about the smallness in the face of creation that slays that deadly sin, pride, and casts off the illusion that I have any semblance of control in this world.
Dropping the weight of that baggage allows me to truly feel free. God's got it.
This video contains what is quite possibly my favorite piece of writing ever, Carl Sagan's, "The Pale Blue Dot". If you too like that sense of smallness, Sagan conveys it well.
"The Pale Blue Dot" was inspired by this photograph -- taken by Voyager as it was leaving our solar system -- which shows our beautiful planet suspended in a sunbeam.
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