In Deep Is the Hunger Howard Thurman provides some perspective, reminding us that while it was once thought that the earth was the center of the universe, we now understand that earth is “a mere speck of stardust whirling mathematically through space,” and that we live in the northern part of the western half of that “speck of stardust.” This is not, however, cause for despair, it only [only!] means: “significance must be redefined in terms more useful than those of space occupancy.” That is “in addition to my own intrinsic worth, I must find some movement or cause or purpose that is more significant than my own life. I must find something that gives some radical test for all that is highest and best in me…. In my relationship with people, with organizations of whatever character, with things, I must be working from one center, my concept of the highest.”
Okay, but I gotta say that some days, I am content just riding on that spinning speck of stardust.
It occurs to me... 