Things that sadden me personally:
We will never know the exact colour of a deinonychus feather.
Some very healthy people believe they are too old to feel the joy of climbing a tall tree.
The internet has brought the world together so we can all meet, but humans are still too inexperienced with it to act right.
I've done a lot of things and been through a lot of training, but I will never be a knight.
Technologies have been developed that let us see and hear across the universe, but Earth still seems to be the only place with life.
Some companies make stories of our best hopes and dreams, but they only do it to make money for themselves.
The call of the very last kauau'i ō'ō was recorded for everyone to hear it, and he only meant for one of his own to answer back.
Things that give me hope:
There are trees alive today that saw what dinosaurs looked like, and they cheekily keep their secrets.
I once convinced someone to join me up in a tree to feel the setting sun, and they looked very happy.
Just as small children must grow and mature when they meet people outside their families for the first time, so too will human cultures meeting others over the internet in due time.
Very few people know me, but kids think I'm really, really cool and that I remind them of knights and soldiers.
I look up at the stars as often as I can, because if the places I'm seeing are from the distant past, then sometime in the distant future they will know I was seeing them.
So many people will see stories from dreams across the world that they will be inspired to make their own, and they do it because they want to share them.
Sometimes when we call out and feel like no one hears us and we're alone, actually many have heard us, and someday someone who knows just enough will find a way to answer back. Even if we're totally alone, all forms of life have it in their nature to look for others, and I think that's very comforting because even if I feel like I have to call out, I may be the one to answer someone else instead, so I listen.
