For as long as I can remember, I've been keenly aware of the heavens. At night, I gaze skyward to inspect the moon and stars and ponder the mighty universe. Lately, though, I've been downright mesmerized by the constructs of space, as my son and I eagerly devour an especially good (and well illustrated) astronomy book, one chapter each night.
Did you know that the Sun is 93 million miles from Earth, and that it takes eight minutes for its light to reach our eyes? Well, that's just an appetizer. The most distant galaxy discovered is more than 12 billion light years away. A single galaxy (and there are untold billions of them in the universe) can stretch hundreds of thousands of light years from end to end, with millions of stars burning within its boundaries. And this entire endless circus is built on gases, dust, celestial explosions and gravitational pull.
After centuries of careful study and amazingly astute findings, mankind is still just scratching the surface in mapping and explaining the cosmos. To consider the vastness of space makes me feel so tiny, so fleeting, so insignificant. On the other hand, it does make me feel like part of something beyond powerful, beyond understanding. It's kind of a religious feeling, now that I think about it.
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1/13/2009 02:44:30 pm
What A great story !!!!!!!
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1/14/2009 01:37:38 am
What a wonderful investment you are making in the life of your son! Do not stop your pursuit, you will be rewarded with tremendous experiences of discovery, awe, and childlike joy!
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Hi Guitar Dad. I too have been designing a Weebly site and saw yours as featured so I thought I would check it out. It is very well laid out and I like your writing style. Good job! Music has played a very important part of my life as well. I am only in the beginning stages of creating my website and it's far from complete -- actually I hope to be adding to it regularly -- but I think it's off to a good start.
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1/17/2010 05:23:36 pm
I flicked onto your site because Weebly (lovely Weebly) put it up as their feature for the day, and although I don't usually look, I did this time. Why? Because I play guitar too, and because unknown to me, buried in your website is this page, and I know for sure that all over the world people are drawn to know more, and it doesn't matter how we find each other, it just matters that we do. This awakening of ours has happened suddenly - it happened for me in 1997 and since then I've studied and researched and taught quantum principles with remarkable results, because quantum law teaches us everything we need to know about our place in the universe and how it works. You can visit www.quantum-realism.com for a taste of the kind of science I'm on about, and www.proof4life.com for a really quick tour with some lovely pics. Lots of love to everyone who reads this, cos love still makes the world go round as much as it ever did in the days of Vanguard. Long may you rock, Dad! xx
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