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Manic_Skafe · 05-20-2007, 06:33 AM

"Why should man value himself as more than a small part of the one great unit of creation? And what creature of all that the Lord has taken the pains to make is not essential to the completeness of that unit - the cosmos? The universe would be incomplete without man; but it would also be incomplete without the smallest transmicroscopic creature that dwells beyond our conceitful eyes and knowledge."

- John Muir

Archetypal Fool I couldn't agree with you (and John Muir) more but I've come to the conclusion that there are certain things that we, as a species just can't actively comprehend. I can consider the seemingly infinitesimal significance of our species but that has little effect upon and doesn't speak as loudly as the thoughts and emotions that flicker in my brain.

Just as the knowledge that the sun will one day burn out and our planet will be uninhabitable doesn't depress us all into suicide - neither should the fact that we aren't "special."

At best we should allow it a humbling effect over us - teach us to lighten our footprint on this planet and not go so against the grain with nature. But just as it is the job of animals to follow their instincts, it is our naturally assigned job to think and conceptualize. Perhaps it is even our job to think we are special.

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