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(meteorobs) Re: Zen calmness
Alan,
I'm sure most of us can relate to your frustrations. I was in the right
place at the right time under clear skies yet I missed the 1966 Leonid
storm by 3 hours (I woke too early and then went back to sleep) This
years display helped ease that pain some. I have been living with that
pain for 32 years now and hopefully I can completely recover with a
trip overseas next year to see storm-like activity.
If I get clouded out or storm-like rates do not appear then life goes
on and we try to catch the next display!
Thanks for sharing your experience and advice.
Sincerely,
Robert Lunsford
amacrobert@skypub.com wrote:
>
> Here I sit Wednesday afternoon in Massachusetts, looking out the
> window at a beautiful, clear, blue dusk after being rained out for the
> nights of the Leonids... which I also missed due to clouds in 1966 as
> a teenager.
>
> I can only remember something I wrote once in Sky & Telescope, on how
> to approach astronomy:
>
> 8. Lose your ego. Astronomy teaches patience and humility -- and you'd
> better be prepared to learn them. There's nothing you can do about the
> clouds blocking your view, the extreme distance and faintness of the
> objects you desire most, or the timing of the long-anticipated event
> for which you got all set up one minute late. The universe will not
> bend to your wishes; you must take it on its own terms.... There are
> definitely times when a Zen calmness will help you through.
>
> Now I just gotta take my own advice.
>
> Alan MacRobert
> Sky & Telescope
>
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