See that guy on the right with the scepter and crown? That’s Sargon II, King of Assyria. And about 1,000,000 days ago he was a really really big deal.
Not so much of a big deal now.
We with our big egos. And our glorious free will. But we’re all simply souls on a speck of dust.
Strangely, the Creator has figured us into it all anyway. I guess he has his reasons. Teilhard de Chardin said that God wanted us to participate in His grand Creation, to in a sense be co-creators along side him — in a small way of course. That, and to take care of one another. Yes especially that one.
Which brings up the question: Where will the people of this planet be a million days from now?
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