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In that moment, it became clear how petty life was. How superficial most arguments really were. All just opinions
and beliefs that in death simply disappeared into the ether, as though they never existed.
uncle’s letter was sent from Peru.
“The Landsat program was a series of programs of increasingly more sensitive and sophisticated satellites used for studying the Earth, primarily imaging in the visible spectrums for geography and
surface mapping.
“GRACE stands for Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment. Twin satellites that were so sensitive we were able to map, in detail, the Earth’s gravitational fields--which,
CERES was designed to measure energy levels, both in the atmosphere and on the planet’s surface.
what the prototype saw only briefly—was a single location where all of those energies appeared to converge into a single point. And actually touch the surface of our planet.”
And I’m here to tell you none of it matters. None of it. Just love. It’s our only real protection against the world out there. Everything else is just some veiled disguise of meaninglessness. You just have
to realize it in time.”
Because energy, like what we have inside of us, cannot just disappear. Energy has to go somewhere. So the question is, where does it go? Or even better, what does it become?”
“After we become adults, I’m afraid we begin to see the world for what it really is. A constant struggle. Not just to survive or prosper, but to actually find meaning in all of it. To find reason.”
There is one thing that I believe to be emphatically and categorically true, regardless of your spiritual beliefs. And that is…that responsibility is purpose.”
Look for something. Some level of responsibility that you can commit to. Because it is purpose. And purpose alone will eventually pull you out.”
Overhead, the streaks were still swirling, wrapped tightly together in a brilliant braid of energy and light, funneling down and through the crystal, which was now refracting light in all directions,
being apart is not the worst thing. It’s losing someone without being sure they know how you feel. How much you really love them. More than your words can describe. And how much they are part of you.”
“Don’t be afraid of the future, sweetheart. Be afraid of missing the present.”
living is not about missing those who have left. It’s about caring for those who are still there.”
