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b'Nothing lasts forever in this physical universe of ours.\\xa0 We can talk about the eternal world to come, the kingdom of Heaven, Nirvana, Tian, the Celestial, Terrestrial and Telestial kingdoms, the six heavenly planes of Hinduism and the 8 levels of heaven in Islam\\u2026but this planet that we ran upon today, this place: will not last.\\xa0 \\nThe Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and in 7.59 billion years from today, it will be dragged from our solar orbit by our sun which will have grown to be 256 times as big as it is today: and the race course of the World Wide Festival of Races will be consumed in fire, forever.\\nBut I have to wonder, what will our evil Robot overlords: or any advanced alien civilization that learns about us over the next 7.59 billion years: come to think about us?\\nWill they struggle to understand why we went to war with one another?\\xa0 \\nWhy we murdered and killed each other?\\xa0 \\nWill they dedicate eons in trying to figure out why we\\u2019d gather millions of each other into concentration camps and systematically torture and destroy each other?\\xa0 \\nWould they try to figure out why we\\u2019d kidnap a noble people from a beautiful savannah, stuff them into sailing ships and sell them as property to wealthy people in a new land?\\xa0 \\nWhat would they say about a shoe company that treated their workers as slaves, paying them only a few dollars a day and not caring that they had to live in slums while their CEO and sports star promoters earned millions without concern?\\nI have an answer: they\\u2019d think WE WERE STUPID.\\nYeah, that\\u2019s what they\\u2019d think: they\\u2019d have come to the conclusion that our species had evolved to suffer from a form of brain damage.\\xa0 They\\u2019d be happy to know that our planet was about to be consumed by the Sun\\u2026they\\u2019d consider us as a biological disease in the universe; unintelligent and defective.\\xa0 \\nAn intelligent and advanced alien species would pick apart our genome, see that we differed by only ZERO POINT TWO PERCENT, and conclude that whatever caused us to hate each other: it couldn\\u2019t be because of the color of our skin, or from what continent on the little blue bubble we originated from\\u2026 there could be no other explanation: humans had to be stupid.\\nBut if they could see us now, today: running this World Wide Festival of Races; they\\u2019d think differently.\\xa0 They\\u2019d have to.\\xa0 Because today, we\\u2019re celebrating our community regardless of our differences; in fact: today we celebrate our differences.\\nThis planet is small.\\xa0 It\\u2019s a tiny blue bubble of life cruising through the cold vacuum of space, and it\\u2019s the only place that we\\u2019ve been able to find which can support life.\\xa0 Think of this Earth as a life-raft, adrift on it\\u2019s own in the Universe\\u2026it\\u2019s more than just our home: it\\u2019s all that we have\\u2026that and each other.\\xa0 \\nToday you\\u2019re running in an event that celebrates that: we live on a small little rocky life raft, but we have each other\\u2026to care for, to cheer for, and to encourage.\\xa0 Our lives on this rock are short, but they should be long enough for us to experience love, joy and peace with each other as friends.\\xa0 Fellow runners: this wasn\\u2019t some small thing you did today, and today wasn\\u2019t just another run: you participated, you proved by your example that whatever differences we have in thought, opinion, and observation is what makes our time here, in this Universe special and interesting.\\xa0 We are so much alike, you and I\\u2026and those little differences that we do have, are something to savor: like the nose of a Cabernet Franc over that of a Malbec\\u2026they\\u2019re both vitis vinifera, but what makes them different is remarkable, and when you blend them together\\u2026well, my friends\\u2026.you get something magical, like a mertiage or a Bordeaux where the sum of it\\u2019s ingredients combine to make\\xa0 a wine worthy of sharing with the world.\\nWe are like those grapes, our differences enhance the flavor of our community, and as you run your World Wide Festival of Races today\\u2026think about how much we have to give to the world around us\\u2026.in living this lifestyle, of savoring our time on the road, of sharing our experiences from the perspective of\\xa0 our own bodies and how we have no room for hate in our lives\\u2026not when there are miles to be run, and friends to be made.\\nShow Links:\\n\\nThe song \\u201cLucky\\u201d was by Black Lab pick up your FREE 3 Black Lab songs (from the album \\u201cGive Us Sugar\\u201d) at \\nThe song \\u201cThe World We Are a\\u2019Racin\\u201d was by the band \\u201cMoneypenny, Walker, Chopper and Scott\\u201d with apologies to Mr. Dylan; lyrics by Steve Chopper ( ), vocals by Phil Moneypenny ( ) and some annoying American who apparently thinks he can sing, along with instrumentals and vocals by Gordon Scott.\\xa0 Check out the musical talent of a good friend and bad boy of running at \\nThink Global, Run Local.'