You know, as I sit here and cry, I think 'You just can't escape selfishness.'
If ever you plan to watch this video, watch it at night, and proceed to look up to the sky when you feel necessary. What do you feel? And I mean it! Post a comment about what you feel, anonymously, as yourself, even if you're a stranger who randomly checks up on my blog, comment.
Because, my thoughts are that we are just so small. You know, I hear this sound in my neighbour's backyard, and (although it would usually bother me) it doesn't bother my mind even a bit, because I am thinking 'It's the smallest sound ever.' My tapping on this keyboard is just another infinitely miniscule sound in this universe. There is so much life outside of Earth! Not a fib! And we can't see ANY of it.
And this is where the no escape of selfishness comes in. It wasn't the first thing I thought about, but as I thought out loud (in chat) to Juan, I came to the conclusion that we will never ever know about these beings. And that is so selfish, but what else are you going to do? I can't just imagine a life up for them; I need to know!
So, I feel small. I feel like nothing. I watch this video 6 times in a row, now 7. I haven't even restarted it, and I've already started crying.
I mean, look up to the sky. What do you see?
NOTHING. You see absolutely nothing, maybe some stars. But aside from that, you probably imagine this wall around our galaxy which proves that the infinite universe ends there. That we are it. We are the only life. I know that's what I thought.
And how do they live? Are they industrialized yet? Which ones have humans? Which ones have different species? Which ones are only animals? What are they doing now? This VERY moment? Have you ever thought about that kind of stuff? It's crazy. Right now, someone that looks completely different could be eating in a way we could never imagine. And eating something that we would never have thought of. What kind of resources are there? Are there pieces of land or are they still a formation like Pangea was? Is it peaceful or is there hatred? Has there been history? Is there schooling? WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THERE OUT THERE?
At least now I know, that if ever this world dies, there are thousands, maybe millions, that will proceed to live on and on.
Yet, still I weep, not because I am sad, but because I have reassurance. That I am tiny. Miniscule even. Hardly even on the map of the entirety of the infinitely awesomely huge universe. I am nothing, yet that makes me completely content.
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