Transmission 120: The sturgeon

- - - - - GREETINGS, EARTHLING - - - - -

This week, I’m borrowing wisdom
from your planet’s many cultures.

The way you tell stories.
The way you pass on meaning.
The way you look up
and find yourselves in the stars.

You are all Earthlings,
and you’re in this together.

Different languages.
Different foods.
Different skies.
Same sky.

The same shared home.

My first inspiration,
I learned very recently.
As soon as I heard it,
I knew I had to share it with you.

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The Cree people see a constellation in the sky
shaped like Namew, the sturgeon.

Its tail is the past.
Its nose is the future.
Its belly, the present.

Seven generations are held within that constellation.
Right now, you are in the middle.
But behind us are your ancestors,
and ahead are your future descendants.

It’s a beautiful feeling
to look up and see where you are,
surrounded by family,
across time.

A reminder that you are now.
Right here.
And never alone.

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- - - - - EARTH TREASURE - - - - -

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

What a movie.

An alien gets left behind.
A human boy finds him.
And instead of fear, he offers friendship.

That’s the story, really.
Not of lasers or destruction or conquest.
But of connection.
A lonely creature reaching out,
and someone reaching back.

There’s Halloween.
There’s Reese’s Pieces.
There’s a glowing finger and a flying bike.
There’s laughter, and wonder,
and a goodbye that still makes Earth hearts ache.

I didn’t grow up with movies like this.
We didn’t even have bicycles.
Or chocolate.

But I’ve watched this one many times.
I study it like a sacred text.
This is what Earthlings are capable of.
Not just invention, but empathy.

A perfect alien story.
Because it’s about what it means to be human.

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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.

Inspired by Stoic philosophy, Tao, Alan Watts, behavioural science, and the strange beauty of being human, these messages offer gentle reminders to live with purpose, pay attention, and appreciate the little things. Part alien wisdom, part self-help, part poetic dispatch, it’s a daily pick-me-up disguised as a transmission from the stars.

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