Looking at a star map makes your problems small without making you small. That’s the right size.

There are two ways of feeling small and only one of them helps. Thinking about the size of what is overhead can put your week into proportion while leaving you completely intact, because none of it is a judgement on you. That is the right kind of scale. It takes the pressure off without taking anything away.

If a worry is running your whole day, go and look at something much larger than it: the sky, a map, a long view from high ground. Ten minutes is usually enough.