Forget what you know, to see what is there
Take off. The power that is generated to hurl a rocket into space and escape the gravity of the earth is phenomenal. It was always considered impossible, but it has now been done. Many times. Some say arrogance, some say inspiration. Who cares if the motivation for some pioneers of space flight was arrogance. When I see a huge metal bullet packed full of jet fuel hurtling through the sky and away from the earth, I am so inspired. This thing that I am totally connected with, that I live and breathe each and every single day, is no longer a constant. It is no longer the only thing that I can understand and comprehend. In that, thee is immense power and untold clarity. They say that the fish is the last to understand the water that it swims in. That is because it has no reference for the context, and there is nothing to contrast it with. Thus it believes that the water is constant. Now I look to the sky, and it is not an untold story. It is now within my reach. And ...