I spoke recently about the profound lessons the Artemis II crew learned seeing our tiny, fragile planet from a distance.

I alluded to the idea that their revelation is nothing new.

To prove my point, I went back to the Apollo archives.

Jim Lovell, from Apollo 8: “One of the most fascinating parts of space flight is the observation of the Earth…

…the problems everybody has appear to be smaller… It’s hard to imagine why people cannot live more peacefully with one another.”

Every single person who views our tiny planet from a distance is made keenly aware of how valuable and rare it is.

And to bring another perspective into it, from a book I’m reading that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed:

“Remarkably we [humans] are even quite closely related to fruit and vegetables. About half the chemical functions that take place in a banana are fundamentally the same as the chemical functions that take place in you.

It cannot be said too often: all life is one. That is and I suspect will forever prove to be the most profound true statement there is.”

- Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything

So on this day, take a moment to ask whether your work, your mission, your company, your leadership is bringing us closer to the realization that we are all one—that we all must peacefully coexist here on this planet, our only home, or whether you’re working to take us further away from these ideals.