a prayer

My Lord, God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. and I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

-Thomas Merton

If we do have visitors from space obviously they’ll know much more about the universe than we do, so we’ll ask them what it’s like out there. But I think the most important question we could ask them is ‘Do you believe in God?’

Arthur C. Clarke ( 1917-2008 )

what i want to be when i grow up

i want to be an astronaut. well, not really. actually, i just want to go to space. alone. for a few days. it is going to be so beautiful. 

i want the technology to exist. well, no. that's not right. it already exists. but i want a means for regular people like me to go.