Every day we are surrounded by things that seem so big to us. From the airplanes darting through the sky at more than five hundred miles per hour and to the multi-million dollar business that one man built ground up, with a brain driven by knowledge, and a soul that was molded with ambition.

We as humans have designed and built mind-boggling contraptions throughout our existence on earth. Mechanisms so big that you need a mathematical equation to measure them. Now that’s big! These things are accomplishments to certainly be proud of.

The longer I think about the power that humans harness, the more I am pulled into the realization of how small we truly are. I spend a decent amount of time every week lying under the stars after a long day, contemplating, mending, thinking, nattering on about the hurdles life has tossed at me that week. It’s not always problems, some nights I babble to the night sky about how amazing I am, accomplishments, accolades, drunk from one too many glasses of confidence. It’s not like Mother Nature cares to hear it, her achievements are far more astonishing than mine will ever be.

Most nights, while rambling on about my day, I become fixated on a star in the distance and the ISS might catch my eye as its gliding through space at 17,100 mph, completing one full orbit around the earth in just 92 minutes. In that moment I am reminded of how small my tower of worries and heap of accolades really are.

How small are we ?

Did you know that the sun has a radius of 432,687 miles? To Give you an idea of how big the sun is, just compare it to the planet we live on, the earth has a radius of only 3,959 miles! That means 1.3 million earths could fit inside the sun! To put that in perspective, check out the picture!