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When chasing cosmic events leads to missing the present moment

The aurora was supposed to be visible here for the first time in decades tonight but I spent two hours driving to dark sky sites and saw nothing while social media exploded with other people's photos.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The pursuit of extraordinary experiences blinds us to the sacred availability of ordinary darkness.

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