One of the dysfunctional patterns of the mind is the assumption that the Now needs to be filled with something all the time.
~ Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon in long, slow motion movements of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is the earth -- home.