Every time I look up into the starry night sky, I see the constellation Orion. For reasons that remain mysterious to me, it is always the very first constellation I see. This has been true since I was a little child, and my dad first pointed out to me the constellations, one beautiful summer night in the Catskill mountains.
I realized as I got older that this is something that I can say I have shared with people all over the world for as long as the human race has existed. Every time I look up at Orion now I think of my connection with all of humanity, and I realize how fortunate we are to be able to share such a beautiful universe with one another.
It’s those three bright stars in a row.