No Wonder I Sometimes Feel Insignificant

A friend sent me this clock in an email and as I watched it, I was mesmerized by the numbers.  With each tick of the clock, a child is born in China, a traffic accident happens, someone fills their car with gas, someone learns they have cancer, someone is sent to prison and many other life-movements continue to play out across the screen.  As the numbers  click off and daily activities continue to be tallied up, we can see mother earth in her beauty as it ever turns in its perpetual diurnal roll. Watching our planet spin from a distance it looks like humankind has made very little impact on it and yet watching the numbers ticking away tells us something different.  Read more »