The World Is A Big Place.

It's late, so I'll make this brief.

I was checking out Google Earth looking for Carmen Sandiego. No, really that's exactly what I was doing. I love switching to the satellite imagery mode for Google Earth. I thought I'd check out some of the man made structures that are visible from space such as the Great Wall of China and many of the man made island structures in the United Arab Emirates. As I was sweeping over the green mountains of China, the salty blues of the Persian Gulf, and the tiny specs on the map that make up entire cities with millions of residence.

I found myself getting choked up, and almost went into full blown tears. The world is so large, so incomprehensibly magnificent and yet it remains an insignificant spec in the scheme of the Universe. I could live until the end of time and even then would I not have enough time to see everything that exists. I don't believe in an afterlife, but if I could somehow, someway be assured complete enlightenment and absolute understanding of everything then I would gladly devote myself to such a cause. Alas, I find myself wanting.

If I could even visit a fraction of the places on Earth I want to visit I would consider myself 100% lucky.