Last night saw a meteor stream called the Perseids streaked through the sky last night.  This dazzling show is produced by tiny specks streaking through the upper atmosphere.  This amazing, eye-catching  display was produced by just a little dust.

I wonder how often our attention is grabbed and captured by some tiny thing that streaks across our mind and creates a ‘display’ out of all proportion to the cause?  I know it happens to me.  Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just sit back and enjoy the spectacle as one could with the meteors…

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”   Jack London