Looking at the stars

There are so many problems here on Earth. Lately it seems that there are even more than usual — and that is a very high bar indeed.

But today the first images came back from the James Webb Space Telescope, and they are glorious. Absolutely glorious. Just looking at them fills me with awe and a thrilling sense of wonder.

Perhaps Oscar Wilde said it best: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

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