You and Your Little World!
This is Earth. The place where you breathe, think, and worry right now. You are on a small planet orbiting the Sun, just one of approximately 200 billion stars.
But now let's take a step back. This blue dot is located in the Milky Way Galaxy. And the Milky Way is just one of the billions of galaxies we see in the universe. Scientists estimate that there are approximately 2 trillion galaxies in the universe. Each galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars. According to some estimates, the total number of stars in the universe is 10⁴⁸, which is 1 followed by 48 zeros.
The Milky Way is part of a massive supercluster called “Laniakea.” That supercluster, in turn, is just a tiny part of the observable universe. Yes, I say observable, because there is much more, but we don't know it yet.
Now think again. In this boundless universe, you are reading these lines right now. You have worries, anxieties, dark thoughts you struggle with... But in reality, you live in a speck of dust. It revolves around an ordinary star on the edge of a galaxy.
How small and transient we are in the infinity of the universe... Yet, in this tiny moment, everything belongs solely to you. So, take a deep breath. Lift your head and look up at the sky! And remember this: “You are not a random part of this universe; you are one of the rare consciousnesses capable of realizing it.”
This awareness does not diminish you or make you insignificant. On the contrary, it reminds you how precious time and life are. You exist within this boundless expanse. And this singular existence cannot be compared to any star in the universe. Celebrate this precious existence! Because next to life, everything else seems so simple and insignificant!
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