Repairing My Life Moody Blues

 

NIGHTS are spent by most people in sleep, but maybe we should spend a night occasionally outdoors

 

IN order to look up at stars and think about what we are doing in the daylight. With a sliver of the

 

WHITE moon hanging in the sky, surely our mind would be as comforted as a body sliding between

 

SATIN sheets. The cares of every day could fall into perspective. Life should be more than lists that

 

NEVER end. There are too many tasks to complete, too much chaos to organize. I seek peace found

 

REACHING beyond time allotted to us to attend to the daily demands of home, job, and responsibility.

 

THE time we set aside for reflection should not be squandered with regrets, but used purposely to

 

END negative habits and stop non-productive thinking that gets in the way of the pleasures of life.

LETTERS should be written to friends and family members thanking them for the acts of kindness

I’VE received, and begging their forgiveness for the times I’ve caused them pain. Either type of letter

WRITTEN would help us step outside the daily slog, to a place where serenity floats like a dream.

NEVER deny the appeal of a clean slate when embarking upon a new beginning! To start fresh gives

MEANING to any journey that deliberately sets out to move beyond the routine of daily life.

TO achieve this Nirvana, my next step will be to get rid of physical disorder. To open up space, I’ll

SEND away clutter that is binding me to this place on Earth with the discomforting weight of worry.

BEAUTY, function and love are the only reasons to hold onto objects. Simplicity will set me free.

I’D rather live a spare and simple life. Not austere, not unadorned, not harsh – just uncomplicated.

ALWAYS, I’ve wished I was the type of person who was neat and precise, but I’m not. I may have

MISSED out on opportunities because I am scrappy –outspoken and determined- operating always

WITH the intent to evade rigid ideas of what is acceptable, purposely choosing non-conformity.

THESE behavior traits are not qualities that often merit applause, yet I’m content. I guess my

EYES see things differently when it comes to following orders. I do not trust the obedient person!

BEFORE I leave this Earth, I want to know that I’ve squared away all relationship issues, retained

JUST the physical things I truly need and want, and left myself enough time to do things I want to do.

WHAT time remains, I’d like to design for myself. It would be virtuous if I could say that I wanted

THE extra time to volunteer for a just cause, that I was working on a great invention, or novel. The

TRUTH, however, is that I don’t wish to impress anyone. I just want time to read, garden, and play.

IS it selfish to want to finally be able to travel to all those places I’ve wanted to go, but couldn’t?

I could do this earlier when I was working 40-hours a week and had family responsibilities. . I

CAN’T imagine how we could have afforded it! Now, we’ve got the money – not a lot- but enough to

SAY that we could go to a few places and have fun while we are both still active. Putting it off

ANYMORE just seems foolish! Why wait? Now is the time to do those “someday” things

CAUSE the hourglass sand is running out! Tonight I’ll open the curtains, gaze at the sliver of moon

I see hanging over our deck and I’ll take out a pen to make a list of places I want to go with my

LOVE beside me. For what fun would it be to go alone without my life-long companion? Would

YOU? I think not. I better hurry, though. Time is swift. I hope the days of my future are not past.

 

Space Junk

Someone (who shall remain nameless for their own protection) once asked me in all seriousness why we don’t just send all our garbage into outer space!  Guess what? We have.  Well, not ALL of it…but, a lot.  There’s enough trash out there for scientists to have stuck a name to the [prophetic] scenario wherein the amount of debris orbiting the Earth would prevent us from launching satellites into orbit. It’s called Kessler’s Syndrome.  

And the really bad thing about Kessler's Syndrome is the part where it explains that the impact between two objects would create more debris.  This debris would then hit other objects, creating even more trash.  It just gets worse as the pieces of rubble get smaller and smaller! The more pieces there are out there, the greater the chances of another impact.

NORAD acts as a kind of air traffic controller for everyone by keeping track of all this floating junk so that there are no collisions.  We need to protect our satellites. Without them, we wouldn’t have the Internet or GPS navigation.  We wouldn’t be able to forecast the weather, or watch TV, or spy on our neighbors. Without them, we'd have to forget space travel altogether---forever!

video of Kessler explaining the problem

I don't know about you, but I'd like to think that even though we have polluted our own planet, we aren't so irresponsible that we've screwed up our escape plan too! It's the only other alternative if we can't fix Earth.  If the trash orbiting our planet gets any deeper, humanity is well and truly stuck here on this planet for eternity.

Of course, "ETERNITY" - for us - might not be that long.

Scientist are working on ways to clean up this mess.     Clean Up link

Here is a link about the IMAX documentary movie.      SPACE JUNK 3D

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For myself, I have renewed my efforts to create something from my own stash of trash which I have called The Flotsam Project. [see sidebar]

I can't clean up Outer Space and I can't clean up the Earth, but maybe I can clean up around my house?  Or at the very, very least  - around my desk.

Maybe I could do something like this?

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