“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

I can’t remember when I first got aware of the Milky Way and the sheer unimaginable amount of stars in it but there is this hazy image i have as a kid, when i was in a small harbor village in Turkey during a vacation. My mother and I were on a small street promenade with street vendors. She went ahead and looked at some wares from one of the street vendors. I walked to the street border and looked to the sea. My eyes landed on a small pumpkin field near the shore. It was a curious sight for me because at that time I only knew big pumpkins from movies. After a while, a local approached me but i didn’t understand him. He gesticulated towards the sky. I looked up and there were some shooting stars. The local was happy that i saw it and we looked towards the milky way together in hope to see more.