Could stars be sentient beings?!?

Subject: Could stars be sentient beings?!?
From: *daylia*
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 10:13 AM

After what happened last night, I think they very well might be!

It's been so rainy and overcast here in Ontario for the last few weeks, I haven't been able to indulge myself with my usual few minutes or so of star-gazing before sleep. Last night however, the skies had cleared momentarily, so I got to spend some time watching lovely Venus rise in the west, Mars in the east, and wondering if that bright little sparkle beside 'him' might be Uranus ...

The cat wanted out about 3 am, so I got up, went outside and sat there just spellbound by the luminous wonders of the heavens over my head. The Big Dipper changed positions since the last time I saw it - it's now right above my house, tilted as if to "spill" it's mysterious waters all over me...

I was so thrilled with all that beauty, so pleased to be able to spend a bit of 'quality time' with my celestial friends again, that I found myself saying aloud "Oh Stars, thank you so VERY much for being here, you are SO BEAUTIFUL ... I LOVE YOU!!!!" (It's easy to do these things at 3 am when there's no one around to think you're crazy...)

Well, as soon as I said that, suddenly this HUGE shooting star streaked by right over my head - in fact, right where my eyes were focussed at that moment!    :-D   What a delight!   And what a coincidence!?! It was like "he" (or "she") wanted to show me I'd been been heard and appreciated!!

What think ye? Could stars be sentient Beings after all?    :-)