The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe: Melissa Bartley

Posted At : August 27, 2008 1:00 AM
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Excerpted from "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" by Jane Wagner, published by HarperCollins.

Read by Melissa Bartley: "This passage helps to remind me to dwell in the art of possibility and thinking about how meaning and mystery figure in our lives." Melissa was raised in Alaska since 1980 by an outdoor-adventurous family. She holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences and an M.S. in Women's Studies. Melissa is employed by a local social service provider and enjoys biking, hiking, reading, and spending time with her Springer Spaniel. Check out the Central Asia Institute, about Greg Mortenson's (Three Cups of Tea) efforts to build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," a play by Jane Wagner, Trudy the bag lady reflects on what she's learned from her visitors from outer space:

"See, it's not so much what we know,
but how we know, and what
it is about us that needs to know.

...Of all the things we've learned, we still haven't learned
where did this desire to want to know come from? ...

So maybe we should stop trying to figure out the meaning of
life and sit back and enjoy
the mystery of life.
The operative word
here is what?
Mystery!
Not meaning."

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