“To visit planet Earth you'll have been born as a human child. At first, you'll have to learn how to use your new body, to use your arms and legs, to pull yourself upright. You will learn to walk and run. To use your hands, to make sounds, to form words. Slowly, you will learn to take care of yourself. Here it is still and peaceful, but there, the colours, sensations and sounds will wash over you constantly. You will see so many living things, plants and animals beyond imagining. Here, it is always the same, but there everything is in motion, everything is always changing. You will be plunged into Earth’s river of time. There'll be so much for you to learn, and so much for you to feel. Pleasure and fear, joy and disappointment, sadness and wonder. In your confusion and delight you will forget where you came from. You will grow up, travel, and work. Perhaps, you will have children, even grandchildren of your own. Over the years you'll try to make sense of that happy, sad, full, empty, always-shifting life you are in. And when the time comes to return to your star, it may be hard to say goodbye to that strangely beautiful world.” From “Star Child” by Claire A. Nivola as quoted in C’mon C’mon
