Happy Monday and happy eclipse day, Chattanooga! We are headed for an exciting start to the week. We felt inspired by these words from one of Chattanooga’s wisest and most empathetic voices: David Cook, with the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
“So often, our gaze is at ourselves: we stare downward at our own dramas, our tiny worlds, our many stresses. Or we gaze at others, often with contempt, fear and confusion.
Or we gaze down at all the buzzy conveniences of modern life — our phones, for example — that make us feel so in control, such masters of this world.
How mighty we like to feel.
How small we really are.
But to gaze upward? To do is inherently nonviolent. The object of attention becomes not us, but something otherworldly and inexplicable. To stare at the heavens is an act of restoration: it puts us back in our rightful place.”
Read the full article here.
