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This is what I know:

I am a dot.

I'm just one human in a world of 7.8 billion
I exist at a specific point in time, stepping gratefully in the footsteps of those who came before
Ours is just one of so many species that have covered this same earth for billions of years
Our world is one planet, a dot in a galaxy and universe that is so wide and spans dimensions

I'm a dot.

And like a dot, I believe in connection. Connecting with friends and family. Connecting a young generation with their elders. Connecting problems with solutions and opportunities. Connecting our future with our past. Connecting peoples across space, place and time.

I'm a dot.

While a dot is small, it is not without impact - just ask COVID-19! You pile enough dots on top of each other, and suddenly you have substance and form, weight and shape which we can choose to use to move towards better.

I am a dot.

And a dot is a beginning.

Host: Karena de Souza
Producer: Karena de Souza
Music for this episode: Children of Lemuel by Blue Dot Sessions
Technology: taped on HP Envy desktop, using Audacity 2.4.2, Blue Yeti Nano
Processing: Audacity, lightly edited: noise reduction, amplify, normalize
Photo credit: Karena de Souza photo