Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

We are all made of the same star stuff.

Not only all humans on the planet,

not only all mammals, insects, reptiles,

but everything from the core of the earth

to the single cells that paved the way to you and me.

The first primitive plants

took the initiative to evolve

into the vast complex variety that we have today.

Look at the diversity of trees birds fish –

all interconnected and dependent

on sunshine and air and water.

The improbability of life on this little ball in space –

when we pay attention –

boggles the mind

and we begin to feel a kinship

with all things.

We are made of the same stuff, after all!

Photo: NASA, Earth Rise one of the first photographs of Earth from space.

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