A Story Worth Living For

"15 billion years ago our universe began with the mightiest explosion of all time. The heavens laid witness to trillions of galaxies, themselves comprised of so many stars that (collectively) there are fewer grains of sand in all of Earth’s shores. Somewhere in the depths of space there is a corner, home to an ordinary galaxy made of 400 billion suns. In this, there is one point of light providing warmth and energy to a planet harboring the most extraordinary beings in the cosmos. A place we, ourselves, are privileged enough to call our home."

I find it surprising that so many of today’s scientific and religious ideas are at dangerous sides of one another. Many of us even go as far as to prophesize the end times, when we ourselves may very well self fulfill that prophesy. If it hadn’t been for our curious nature, we would not have reached to where we are now. Over time, we abandoned the old in place for the new. Astrology made way for astronomy, numerology for mathematics and alchemy was abandoned for chemistry. Religion helped us, once, to answer the many questions posed by our ancestors. Science has only put more meaning into those inquisitive discoveries. It has also given something that most of us take for granted.

Though, what these confused people can’t see is the overwhelming beauty that we, as a race, have built for ourselves. Colour and religion only further act as proof of this. We should not forget that we are all connected to the each other biologically; to the earth chemically; to the rest of the Universe atomically. To many, it serves as the driving force behind what they do.