What a Human life is Worth … Part 02: the Judgment (03/03/15)

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 must NOT prove to 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 — even those seen as “strange”, or “scary”, or “mean”, or even “evil”.

“… and yet our 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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