Ah, the Sweet Smell of Pollen....

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As this year is coming to a close, you can't help but see calendars being "X"ed off and students starting the countdown in their agendas. It is hard to imagine that this year has gone by so fast, even though some moments I was left wondering if time had suddenly decided to stop. With the year coming to a close, comes the tourists in their golf carts attempting to drive down 17 Business, the huge pollen storms swooping in and taking eyes and noses as their prisoners, and the warm sunny days make you wish you could have enough funding to build outdoor classrooms. 

The Pale Blue Dot- Carl Sagan "The World Would Be Better if Everyone Watched This Video..." 

So many things happen regardless of what is going on in your life, the world keeps turning even if you wish it would just stop, even for a second. Seasons come and go, and everything seems to be ready to repeat from the years before, a never ending cycle that seems to fill the days and nights. Often times through the years, something comes along and changes, and happens and we are left momentarily stunned by the occurence of something new, before it fades into the memories of the past, until something new arises again. It is amazing to see how the world just continues to turn regardless of the what the outcome is. We think we have big problems, and big things happening to us, and around us, but if you zoom out a few hundred billion miles, you will see that we are merely a small light in a huge abyss of darkness. We are so small when compared to the entirity of the universe, and from that point, it seems our problems are minuscule or non-existent. Interesting to take a moment and think about our place in the world.