Today is the day that Carl Sagan passed away fifteen years ago. Here’s a quote of his I’d like to pass along:

The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

– “In the Valley of the Shadow”, Parade, 1996

If anyone ever looked death in the eye, it certainly was you Carl. Thanks for setting the bar.