Stars

Tonight I’m in Bintan.

It’s beautifully quiet and calm here. I will never tire of the sound of the surf crashing against the shore.

And when I look up — the sky is black, clear, and FULL of stars.

When I see so many stars, I’m reminded of two things:

1- Childhoods spent at my Gran’s house, or camping in the Rockies, laying on my back in the grass or on the rocks by the river, looking up at the dark sky sparkling with stars.

2- Moby’s song, “We Are All Made of Stars,” written to convey the idea that the elements that are borne out of star’s supernova explosions — iron, and others with high atomic numbers — are present in all humans and other life forms.

We are all made of stars.

Today’s truth is definitely a truth, but not necessarily a new one — more like a reminder.

We are all more similar than we are alike.

Note to self: This is worth remembering more often.

“People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
‘Cause we are all made of stars.”