Revealing the Universe - check this out.

[thesummerqueen]

I think when you realize how small you really are, it actually opens up worlds upon worlds to discover and explore. What ennui we'd develop if Earth really were the entirety of the universe! We're top dogs here - big fish in a little pond. How lucky that we're not even as ants to the rest of the universe...the tiniest ants have an entire planet to discover, and we have an entire cosmos. To me, that's unbearably exciting and we should be encouraged to figure out exactly how to do it and recapture the pioneer spirit that kept people moving ever onward to new countries and landscapes, and now to new planets. Then the universe is less than cold and unfeeling...and instead it's a playground to maneuver through.