Humble Pie in the Sky

A couple of links to help you feel small (in the good way).

First, there's the Astronomy Picture of the Day sponsored by NASA. Great for a periodic meditation on everything outside our myopic, fragile, frantic little realm.

Then there's 80 Million Tiny Images: nothing less than a visual catalogue of every noun in the English language.

Fun idea: randomly click on ten of the nouns, write them down, and attempt a poem, short story, or some other type of cohesive piece of writing that incorporates all of the words you found. I may try one myself in the next few days if time permits. If you come up with a good one, email me and I'll post it (anonymously, if you prefer).

Too agoraphobic to contemplate the infinite right now? That's fine. Nobody should work that hard on the weekend. It all comes down to you anyway:

If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.

If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.

If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.

If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.

If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.

- Lao-Tzu, 6th Century