Sunday, February 03, 2008

from THANK YOU, an essay by Robert Mount

Laugh at, live and love your life. Try not to be too morose and unequivocal. Do not measure your success by the damage inflicted on others. And do not despair. The unconscionable acts perpetrated daily by the progeny of man are scarcely felt by this beautiful little ecocosmos, looking at it one way.

The sun will burn out, and countless infinite numbers of living planets will spring up at the very instant of a single species' vanquishment, and our struggle will seem so insignificant. The universe spreads out in all directions on all our sides unto endless existences. We are at once in the center of, and at the periphery of the unfathomable chasm of reality.

Realize all that and by damn, you will prevail !

Rob stationed at Whidby Island, Washington

Rob at 23, stationed in Washington State, 1985.