perspective
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“we are nothing but space dust trying to find its way back to the stars.”
-d.j.
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art credit: bill watterson – calvin and hobbes
Jul31
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
We all are significant, as in what we do in our lives.
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We are, along with everyone else out there
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Exactly!
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Thanks for another significant post, beth!
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Kind of snaps us back to where we fall in the big scheme of things
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Significance is not found in what we do for ourselves, but in what we do for others. This comic screams social media to me. Great post, Beth! You know how I love perspective.
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It’s an old one and I’ve always loved it. It works perfectly with our current relationship with social media – good connection
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It kinda puts you in your place!
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Boom
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We may be only spicks and specks,.. but every little atom is a significant piece of our universe …
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Indeed
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Beth, I cannot agree with that quote at all. I believe we are the most important “things” in creation… All the best!
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Not to mean we are unimportant, each of us is, just to say we are all a tiny part of all that is
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I understand Beth, but I believe we are all that is… A good post, makes one think 🤔😊🌞🌹🙏
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I understand that too, Fransisco I always appreciate your thoughts and perspective
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Thank you Beth 🙏
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We may be specks, but we are important to other specks and that’s what matters 🙂
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That’s it!
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I’ll just join the others today, Beth.
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❤️
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But that dust comes together with other dust and creates the world. Something to shout about.
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Absolutely
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I wish all those little specks of dust on my computer screen would just get a move on back to the stars. 😦
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Matter of time )
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Time does not fly – in this case. 😦
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💗
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❤️
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I love this, Beth.
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It’s one of my favs of his
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Things just are and when they aren’t, things change and become something else. LOL We can’t control any of it. And thinking we are a big deal is just a matter of inflated ego and brainwashing. Dust in the wind.
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Just a speck and I hope with a bit of sparkle
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Oh, definitely glitter and sparkle. Absolutely. Fireflies for sure.
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We are vast and tiny at exactly the same time, which is where mystery is. For me, anyway. The paradox.
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That explains it so well
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Calvin is always a great way to start a Saturday morning…
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always simple but deep
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I reember visiting Chagrin Falls, OH, where Bill Waterson grew up, and I felt like I was in the presence of genius…
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my cousins lived there for years and i never knew that )
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the local library has a collection of yearbooks from the local high school, but they keep the one from Waterson’s senior year behind the desk…
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that’s so great –
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This goes with your theme…. https://thesoundofonehandtyping.com/2021/05/03/song-of-the-day-leonid-friends-the-speck-of-dust/
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absolutely amazing, thanks for sharing this, john
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John, this is a perfect fit to the jokey ‘toon…. that video is so incredibly ‘great’ because it visualises all the specs of dust, rain etc. Tks for sharing.
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he hit the nail on the head
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Love this!!!!
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thanks, michelle
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Reminds me, of course, of Carl Sagan saying we are star stuff. Or Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.”
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yes, exactly
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Love all of the comments on this one! “Literally stardust” indeed!
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lots of thoughts on this one –
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Love it. …
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thanks, Faye
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Love it!
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thanks, Jennie )
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You’re welcome, Beth.
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yes! that is exactly so, beth. I love this. Simple, yet profound…
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it says a lot, for such a simple message
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Perfect!
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thank you!
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Lots of specks working together can do amazing things.
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absolutely
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Goes super well with an article I read to my blind mother yesterday. Hailstones get to be hailstones because a TINY SPEC of dust is whirled around in the air, into the clouds, where they get covered by cold water which freezes and forms a tiny ball. These balls get bigger by being whirled about until they’re too heavy for the air to carry them…..
And we may be but a spec of dust but nobody should make the mistake of not taking us seriously.
One of my best loved cards said:
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito…. I bought it in England but I couldn’t attribute the quote to anybody living or dead as millions of ppl claim it to be theirs!
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yes, both fit perfectly – and the smallest speck can certainly make a difference, as you’ve illustrated
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I.Re.Late.
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❤️
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Wonderful! ❤
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