Texas State Capitol
Instead of Going Out to Space Let's Go Within Ourselves
RECEIVED Mon., Jan. 26, 2004
Chronicle,
Space – the final frontier. The moon. Men on Mars. How about sending a man to the White House? So many unqualified volunteers. How much could this cost? What about exploring the Bill of Rights? Send a team of people to see if there's life in the Constitution.
Let's explore the systems we live in – government, religion, finance, marriage, family, corporation – and see if we can discover something valuable. Why do we only search outside of ourselves for value and meaning? Because we rarely take or make the time to put our priorities in the correct order. A small thing, yet so important, and in these days urgent.
We designate so much time, energy, and money to trying to make meaningless things meaningful. Until we come to a worldwide recognition of the importance of being, in fact, the great people whom we hope to be, planet Earth will eventually resemble something like Mars.
Space – the final frontier. The moon. Men on Mars. How about sending a man to the White House? So many unqualified volunteers. How much could this cost? What about exploring the Bill of Rights? Send a team of people to see if there's life in the Constitution.
Let's explore the systems we live in – government, religion, finance, marriage, family, corporation – and see if we can discover something valuable. Why do we only search outside of ourselves for value and meaning? Because we rarely take or make the time to put our priorities in the correct order. A small thing, yet so important, and in these days urgent.
We designate so much time, energy, and money to trying to make meaningless things meaningful. Until we come to a worldwide recognition of the importance of being, in fact, the great people whom we hope to be, planet Earth will eventually resemble something like Mars.
James M. Paine