There is nothing new under the sun

When the sun rises in the morning, we say, “it is a new day” and it gives us hope. But the thing is, there is nothing new about it. The sun shines over graveyards and junkyards and backyards that all were in existence during the night, and the night before that, and the night before that. At the start of the New Year, we all make resolutions we know we will break in 3 months or less. Yet we are convinced that just because the earth has orbited the sun, something new will happen. Well, guess what? The earth has orbited the sun at least 6,000 times!!!

Not to be completely cynical, new things are happening every day. I think they just don’t wait for some magic time or day. Babies are created and born. Strangers become friends, and friends become lovers.

Because of the time it takes light to travel from space to earth, some of the stars we see have actually died and yet we can still see their light.

In the song Nothing Lasts Forever, Brett Dennen speculates that the sun could have burned out and we wouldn’t even know. Scientifically, we’d find out pretty quickly if this actually did happen, but it’s an interesting thought. PS look at this singer. He looks like he’s 16 a(he's 30) nd plays guitar like Dave Tamkin and sings like a black woman, hahaha.