The blue planet

The earth is in a very precarious position. On the one side, on a universal scale, it amounts to nothingness in size. On the other end, it is amazingly resilient. Given the uncertainty, where if the sun decides tomorrow, it can gobble up the earth in no time, it has already lasted five million years or so.

What is more, it is at that exact spot away from the sun in distance that sustains conscious life. It is also said that the water inside the earth got unlocked with precise timing to form oceans*. While I am certain there is life outside earth - by sheer probability from the vastness of the universe, there is currently no known concrete proof of conscious life outside planet earth.

This blue planet is truly a wondrous miracle. It is living two realities at the same time - potential overnight annihilation, yet this incredible colorful dance - like tightrope walking*. Somewhere, somehow, I feel that life placed the wrong sort of guests on this planet. The thing that keeps me in peace is that, tomorrow, if one smart guy nukes the planet, the earth will still be fine -just the humans would be gone. Another five thousand or ten thousand years later, after the trees and oceans and rivers are replenished, she will start from scratch - may be with a sigh! I do feel sorry for the forests, rivers and animals though.

Sorry Ma - we're too big for our shoes, and you must be smiling looking at us!

*1 - Too early, it would have vaporized into space. Too late, it would have inundated the planet without any feasibility to create life.

*2 - It is said that, if the earth was created on Jan 1st, the first humans walked in during Dec 31st, 11:45 PM!

*3 - A few years ago, I wrote a story about this. More like a rambling about what we're doing and what we can do!