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