We spend our lives looking for our purpose,
For one answer to all the big questions.
Searching outside threatens to usurp us,
When we can look inside for the lessons.

Outside we see immensity, grandeur;
Inside we will find that we are the same.
Between is no vacuum, nature abhors;
Nature and man linked, are sharing the flame.

We feel insignificant, minuscule,
But we are still marvels of creation.
Keep sight of this connection; let peace rule.
Nature, mankind, belong to one nation.

“The Big Picture”

^by
Jerry E Smith
©4/1/17
Winter trip to Yosemite-Jason Strull

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