To anyone who feels that they are more powerful than anyone else:
Here are Jupiter and Saturn. They are much bigger and older than you are. They embody some of the secrets of creation and how we came to be here. Their presence reminds us of our smallness, but also of our greatness, in that we, as humans beings, can look up at them, know what they are (that they are planets and not stars, and which planets they are), gaze at them for a few moments, take photographs of them, look through telescopes at them, and say “Wow.”
For those who are thinking only about power, when seeing this sight, the word “wow” may not come across their lips.
As for me, as I see other people posting photos of this scene, I am grateful for my partners in the mode of “wow.”
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