Sunday, August 03, 2008

the most important things i know

Bob: what are the most important things i know?
Bill: how do you define important?
Bob: stuff that could save your life? your childrens life? stuff that if you knew could save your life?
Bill: how about stuff that if you know makes life worth living? makes life seem a little more meaningful?
Bob: ok
Bill: we are star shit.
Bob: huh?
Bill: our staff was born in a huge explosion and we are the crap it didn't need to live.
Bob: knowing that makes your life better?
Bill: perspective is everything.
Bob: what else do you know?
Bill: we are physically made out of star shit and everything that lives, is alive because of energy from the sun. the sun is the creator and source of all life. without solar radiation there would be no life.
Bob: how is this relevant? knowing that makes my life worth living?
Bill: you are directly related to that star shining in the sky - in every possible way.
Bob: so? your point is?
Bill: your family history is billions of years old.
Bob: i thought you were going to tell me about global warming, sea level rising, radioactive waste, drug resistant bacteria, ozone holes, co2 levels, plastic ocean pollution, farm land erosion, and fresh water depletion?
Bill: what can i say about? human population will crash, but civilization will exist, but totally different from today
Bob: why?
Bill: its what we are making.

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