Sunday, February 15, 2009

What are we doing here?

If you think about it, the universe is a huge place. So big we can't even comprehend it. We have vivid imaginations as humans, yet this thing we call the universe is incomprehensible to us. That is saying something. How did it form? Has it always been here? Thank goodness for people lke Albert Einstien who has given us a "human" way to look at this unimaginable place. We read books and watch movies about far away lands and magical places and beings. The most far away and magical place is above our heads. Even looking up is magical. If you look up, a person on the other side of the earth would have to look down to be looking the same direction. We are on a big ball moving through space with a strange force called gravity pulling us toward the center of the ball and holding the atmosphere in place so we can live. There are probably billions of other planets hurling through space somewhere doing the same thing. I see why people don't like to think about this stuff. It makes us feel small. We are small but having consciousness makes us significant. 

So what the hell are we doing here? Who knows. Is it a fluke? I doubt it. Is someone telling you THEY know the answers to these questions? Don't believe them. They don't. That's my thought of the day.

1 comment:

  1. Wow - that is deep thinking!! So while you're writing down your deep thoughts, I'm watching American Idol. Hmmmm - makes me think kinda deep.........

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