The secrets of the universe are almost entirely invisible.  When NASA was trying to break the earth’s hold and first send a man to the moon, money was flush but lightweight materials were not.  The more scientific instruments and rocket support, the more weight.  The more weight, the more difficult it was to launch a rocket to the moon.  Lightness was the most scarce resource, not money.  Lightness is a scarce resource for most of us.  Our past is our weight, the invisible shackles that prevent us from launching into the future. Our secret obstructions are almost entirely invisible. ~ü Image: [Night in Black and Gold, The Falling Rocket by James Whistler, 1874-1875]

The secrets of the universe are almost entirely invisible. 

When NASA was trying to break the earth’s hold and first send a man to the moon, money was flush but lightweight materials were not.  The more scientific instruments and rocket support, the more weight.  The more weight, the more difficult it was to launch a rocket to the moon.  Lightness was the most scarce resource, not money. 

Lightness is a scarce resource for most of us.  Our past is our weight, the invisible shackles that prevent us from launching into the future.

Our secret obstructions are almost entirely invisible.

~ü

Image: [Night in Black and Gold, The Falling Rocket by James Whistler, 1874-1875]

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