From how many other worlds is our Sun visible as a star?
How many of those worlds have beings that look up at the night sky and wonder what is beyond?
How many of those worlds have civilizations that are intelligent enough to devise a way to determine that our star has planets orbiting it?
How many of those worlds can tell that our planet is habitable?
How many of those worlds can tell that we are on this planet?
How many of those worlds will reach out to us?
How many of those worlds have people that are starving while others have to throw food out because they couldn’t possibly eat it all?
How many have a child that lays out in the open at night, staring at the night sky, imagining other worlds with other beings that care for one another instead of hit each other for not being perfect?
How many have a child that lays out in the open at night because their family has no place to live or because nobody noticed or cared that she left?
How many of those worlds have civilizations that proclaim devotion to a supreme being that will judge them harshly for not protecting the least among them but ignore or systematically blame the least among them?
How many of those worlds will judge our world harshly for our treatment of each other?
