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Unread 05-31-2023, 01:00 AM
Julie Steiner Julie Steiner is offline
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Originally Posted by Roger Slater View Post
And don't forget, not only are we just a flicker in time but we are also just a grain of sand in space.

So what's the moral?
Oh, I can think of several for me. Yours may vary.

One is that the next time I am tempted to fact-check friggin' cheese prices for people who are probably more interested in boycotting Bud Lite, I should remember that I don't actually have time for such trivia, since all we are is dust in the wind, etc.

Another moral might be that however insignificant our individual (and even our collective) lives may seem, they have an astonishing impact on the other lives around us, for good or ill. So it's worth trying to make my own blip more positive than negative. And it seems less daunting to do that if it's just a blip.

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