Transmission 088: Great Scott!

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This is transmission 88,
and my mind immediately went to
88 miles per hour.

That’s the speed needed to activate the flux capacitor.
Back to the Future.
One of my absolute favourite Earth films.

It’s full of lessons,
but I want to focus on one of the very last lines in the trilogy.
Spoken by the great Doctor Emmett Brown:

“Your future is whatever you make it.
So make it a good one.”

You do that by showing up,
working hard,
being open,
being kind to yourself,
learning what you can,
and choosing your next step with intention.

Not someday.
Not tomorrow.
Now.

Because the secret is:
You don’t make your future in the future.
You make it now.
One small action,
one good decision,
one real moment at a time.

They say living in the past brings pain,
and living in the future brings fear.
But living right now is living.

So stay present.
Make it count.
And trust that your future
is already being shaped by what you’re doing today.

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Plutonium.

Named in sequence, actually.
After uranium (Uranus), neptunium (Neptune), and then after Pluto.

It can be used to build bombs.
(It’s actually synthesized from spent nuclear fuel.)
Or better yet, used to power time travel.

But its best use?
Exploring the universe.
The Voyager probes, drifting endlessly through the quiet dark.
The rovers on Mars, still awake long after their warranties expired.
All powered by a tiny core of plutonium,
converting heat into electricity as it decays.

So yes, it’s dangerous.
But so is flying.
So is dreaming.
So is reaching farther than you’re supposed to.

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Float well, Earthling.
NeilA

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Greetings, Earthling is a free daily newsletter designed to help you slow down, feel better, and start your mornings with a sense of meaning. Written from the perspective of a curious space observer named NeilA, each transmission blends mindfulness, motivation, and emotional insight with a hint of cosmic wonder.

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