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Lesson

We were standing near the dinner table. It was summer, and the day had just begun.

He simply told me to look at my thumb, saying, “Now look closely at your fingernail.”

 

“Uh, Huh” I responded.

 

“Now, your fingernail is made up of many different layers. Now, Imagine in between each of those layers is space, and within that space contains an infinite amount of universes. Universes, just like ours. Can you imagine that?”

 

As I sat there, wide eyed, staring at my thumb, imagining infinite space, I said, “Yes, I can imagine that.” then I fell into a deep silence.

 

My father smirked and walked away.

 

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Uploaded on October 4, 2006