i hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.

if you're ever lying on a beach with

80 billion grains of sand beneath you,

700 thousand ocean waves before you,

60 million stars stretch out above you,

and you're still not at all impressed,

i want you to think about this:

the light you see reflecting from the stars is over one million years old.

wow.

but then, just before you start to feel like a mere blimp

in the gigantic scheme of things,

please remember this:

yes, you are small,

but you're also irreplaceable

and invaluable

and miraculous.

those stars don't have anything on you.