Stars

     It was a long car ride and I had the back seat to myself. The darkness surrounding and the constant soothing hummm of the car made me sleepy. I laid back, legs squished, neck laying quirky. I looked up, and there were the stars. I watched, sleepily. No matter how far we travelled, on this long straight road, the stars never moved.

     Out there space goes on forever. And we are here, on this tiny earth. It became clear:

"I'm so small."

    

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     I am grateful for my life, for the sunset out my window, for the song floating up to my room from the piano below, for my family, and for the mercy and love of Jehovah-Rapha.