One with the sky

Ian Cheney mentions he "was at the center of the world" but that he had "left something important behind, something he couldn't name." I related myself to this, because when I would lay in my tailgate and look at the stars to just have that me time, I felt like I was the only one in the universe. There was no worries and nobody near me to make me feel stressed. I was the center of the world. When I would leave I would feel like I left that behind. I would want nothing more then to just go back. I felt as if I was leaving myself there. I feel like that's pretty important! When looking up into the sky there is nothing in your surroundings. It is very quiet and just you with loud thoughts. Him wondering, "What do we lose when we lose the night?" I think that he is saying you lose something within yourself. The night sky is between you and it, you lose that connection you have within yourself.
Ann Druyan says, "I worry that our lack of contact with the sky is doing something to us that's very subtle." This goes along with what Ian says. People have different relationships. Someone can have a relationship with the sky. When there is a lack of contact with ones relationship it can just throw them completely off. It strikes someone's confidence. I also relate to this because that "me" time I have with the sky clears my head. Sets my mind straight and back on the right track. It would throw off my subtle and make me insane I feel.
I feel like that's why so many people are worried about the lights and what it's doing to the world. It's not only messing with people's life, but with the environment. It goes to show we have to look at more then just ourselves and realize there is more to this world. More life in our surroundings that needs the stars and the sky for survival.