Glad to be on a Lucky Planet

Across the universe, the atoms and molecules are abundant. Our planet Earth is less than 1% of all of the matter that we see. A lot less than 1%.

So my body is made up of the same atoms and molecules that exist on billions of other stars and planets, but we have no evidence as of yet that there are other bloggers on other planets at this perceptible time. 

Time is a feature, not a bug. 

Time and space are understandable, thanks to Dr. Einstein, through the theory of relativity. I'm very fortunate that my late mother, Janeth K. (Fisher) Ingenthron, tried to explain Einstein's theory to me in like the sixth grade. And explained the concept of "infinity" to me even earlier, at 4 years old perhaps. 

Thinking about Infinity and the theory of time - that it is relative to the intelligence ability to receive it, like our human ability to read a book which exists in total on the shelf, a page or word or sentence at a time. We have little mouths to eat the Elephant of Time.

Back to Mom... she pushed me to learn other languages (her Major Degree was in German) and to visit other places. Murren Switzerland was my first work-vacation, with IBG which organized projects with 25ish volunteers from 12ish countries to do manual labor - YCC like - to carve hiking trails etc.

So my mom passed away in March. She was fully functional, mentally, but the intubation was not working and had no path to start working if she kept pulling out the tubes with her hands. She absolutely hated intubation. At one point the hospital had to put inflatable mitts on her hands to keep her from killing herself by pulling out tubes before the hospital legal approved, or somesuch.

Anyway, my atoms and molecules in most of the universe don't have a "mother" or occasion to measure time. My atoms and molecules happen to be lucky enough to be part of the 1 percent of Earth which is LIFE. 

This is a hugely important responsibility. To maintain Earth's lifeosphere.

Most of my life - since reading Lester R. Brown "State of the World" for my high school debate team - has been trying to contribute more to Earth Sustainability than I consumed.