Light

Photo: Peter Petraitis

In the Northern Hemisphere, our seasons are turning from warm to cool. Light lowers. Shadows lengthen. The air becomes infused with the odors of decay from dying leaves. Cooler nights condense the humidity from the air. Drier days with deep blue skies and crisp breezes result.

Watch the light. Note where the sun rises and sets. Appreciate the changes from day to day. Look up when you are walking. Pick a single tree or shrub. Watch it change.

So much of being truly human is feeling your feet on the surface of a turning planet in a vast Universe. Feel the true scale of your single human life. Breathe in deeply and exhale as you look around you at your planet, your rare, illuminated environment in dark Space.