Sitting on the porch...

So I am sitting here on the porch with my beautiful wife and we are enjoying a wonderful night here in western North Carolina I look up and see the big dipper above. Even though there is a stream of cars from the highway down the hill the sounds of crickets and bugs fill the air. Sometimes just sitting in silence is one of the things I find most meditative and relaxing .
So as we sit here I can't help but wonder when contact will be made, extraterrestrial possibilities have always been of great fascination to me. The possibility that other beings inhabit the universe is something I am sure we will find out but when and how we make contact is another subject. I know it is a dream that won't happen before I die but then again I never fathomed we would have the technology that allows us to communicate  with someone on the other side of the world with a little device no bigger than a wallet. So I guess after all is said and done the simple fact is we should all appreciate all the moments we have no matter how small they are and how fleeting they may be ...enjoy them all cause  they do matter.