6 and 7 August 2012

The world is such a big place, yet it can seem so small. I've heard it said, and now know it to be true, that every person is connected to every other person by 7 degrees...or you know someone who knows someone, etc. Only 7 people between you and everyone else in the world. It's weird to think about and seems near impossible, but over the past few years, I've found this statement to be complete fact. The world makes a whole revolution in 24 hours. If you were to stay stationary - hovering above land for that amount of time - you'd see the whole earth spin underneath your feet. Airplanes fly those distances everyday. A friend once told me "if I can be standing next to you in under 24 hours, no distance is too far" and it's so true. While mail takes up to 2 weeks to get to the other side of the planet, it's much simpler and definitely mind-boggling to think about air travel and how such vast distances can be overcome in a matter of hours. There really isn't ever a place to hide from things you want to get away from because sooner or later, the connections will snap back to you and you'll find someone that knows someone you know or run into something you've heard about from a friend, etc. We don't see these amazing little details until they happen to us firsthand. The world is such a big place, and yet so small, and quite amazing all at the same time.