While they like to equate the earth to a mother, it is the sun that makes all life on earth possible, giving us the energy, the light that makes us grow and allows all life on earth to exist. So here are some stunning photos of that huge ball of flame, 8 light minutes away... |
"When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.'"
Wilma Rudolph
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"He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise."
William Blake
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"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"
Sitting Bull
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"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy."
Henry Ward Beecher
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"The sun is new each day."
Heraclitus
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"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Buddha
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You Won't Believe How a Walk in Nature Affects Our Brain
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