I read this quote from The Universal House of Justice (This remarkable institution—the planet’s first truly global elected body—now administers, directs and lovingly guides the worldwide Baha’i community. You can view the website of the Universal House of Justice here: universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org ) and then another quote from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá which further emphasized that we all share this tiny speck floating in space, so we had better take better care of it, and of each other.

Our world has entered the dark heart of an age of fundamental change beyond anything in all of its tumultuous history. Its peoples, of whatever race, nation, or religion, are being challenged to subordinate all lesser loyalties and limiting identities to their oneness as citizens of a single planetary homeland. – The Universal House of Justice, introduction to Baha’u’llah’s Most Holy Book, p. 11.

Consider the creation of the infinite universe. This globe of ours is one of the smallest planets. Those stupendous bodies revolving in yonder immeasurable space, the infinite blue canopy of God, are many times greater than our small earth. To our eyes this globe appears spacious; yet when we look upon it with divine eyes, it is reduced to the tiniest atom. This small planet is not worthy of division. Is it not one home, one native land? Is not all humanity one race? – Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, pp. 177-178.