When I was a little kid (nerd kid) about 7 or 8 years old, I wanted to be an astronomer. I had a big $200 telescope (this was the eighties so a lot of money then – took me about a year to save up!), subscribed to McDonald’s Observatory News, and read everything I could about stars, planets, etc. Pluto was one planet that always intrigued me.

Did you ever notice that your problems tend to get magnified sometimes as we become “adults” then at some point they start to diminish again

I’ve noticed that people past their sixties just don’t seem to worry as much for some reason.

I guess they are used to it or have more life experiences or something.

I do know that during my fight to save our marriage I had to learn to minimize problems and setbacks in my mind. This was a technique I developed some time in my teen years, but it just happened to help during the marital crisis.

I’ll teach you if you like.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live on Pluto?

Some scientists say it is such a small planet that it doesn’t even deserve the title “planet”. Whatever, I’m keeping my Pluto! Ever wondered what our sun looks like from Pluto?

This one is simple really. Just close your eyes and imagine yourself on Earth, then zoom out all the way as though you were living on Pluto in your mind. It is a mental trick I use all the time to diminish the significance of problems as they occur.

You may need different scenarios. Try an airplane taking off, or imagine you are a tiny little ant checking out this and that.

Now if you think that is amazing to think about, just imagine an all powerful omniscient God becoming one of us just to say – “Hi I love you guys – maybe you will understand me better if I become human and then you can really see the insignificance of your problems and just how short this life is and instead focus on getting to know your Creator and then He’ll take care of you”.
Far-fetched? Not really, but just imagine yourself becoming an ant just to save the antfarm – now that would be wild.

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