OUTRAGE MISPLACED

If one relied solely on the corporate, mainstream media for their news, they might come to believe that the only story worth following is the leak of military plans to a journalist. With pundits on cable news and attention-hungry politicians stoking endless outrage, it's easy to get swept up in the frenzy.

But I’d wager that for 99 percent of Americans beyond the political bubble, this story barely makes a ripple. What's truly disheartening, though, is the complete absence of outrage over what these leaked plans actually reveal: the further escalation of an unwinnable war against the already devastated, poverty-stricken nation of Yemen.

BEYOND COMPREHENSION

The sheer scale of the Universe is almost impossible for us to grasp. Imagine shrinking the entire Solar System to the size of a quarter—suddenly, the Milky Way galaxy would stretch out to cover the entire North American continent. And that's just one galaxy in a vast, unfathomable expanse of countless others scattered across unimaginable distances.

The enormity of it all deepens my belief in a higher power, something greater than ourselves. We are part of this immense Universe, and in this vastness, we've developed a consciousness that allows us to glimpse its wonders from our human perspective.