What a beautiful moon

I took a look out of my window and in addition to the wonderful sight of the ocean, I saw our beautiful moon. What a spectacular and beautiful celestial object. The moon is synonymous with romance and mysticism. It also invokes thoughts of werewolves and monsters.

To me, it siphon all of that and more. When I see the moon, the first thing I think about is Geologic Time. I think about the Hadean Eon when the moon was much closer to the Earth and how must it have looked during those times. Enormous! I think about how insignificant we, as human beings, are in the grand scheme of things. I mean, really. We are sooooooooooo insignificant it boggles the mind. We are ONE planet in a galaxy that contains about 100,000 solar systems. If you stood at one end of out galaxy and turned on a flash light towards the other end of the galaxy, it would take 80,000 years the for light to reach the other side of the galaxy. 80,000 years.

Anything and everything we do on this Earth will, in the end,  NOT MATTER. In about 4.5 BILLION YEARS we will have been long gone. The work we did, the music we made, the money we made or lost, all will not matter.

We are matter that has taken the form we see today. Mass extinction will toss our form and all other form into the next form. There is much to do yet. My goals in life are mine and I want to strive to achieve those goals for me and no one else, understanding that whatever I accomplish, I accomplish to impress me and to keep everything in perspective. Geologic Time perspective.