Small World

Galaxies are HUGE. It's no secret, of course, but it's cool to think about just how big they are- it makes us wonder how we worry over such small things in our lives. Being ten minutes late to a party or showing up to class just after the bell is just fodder for the grand timescale of the universe. After all, we are only just sacs of stardust figuring things out in large, warm groups.

When we ask that we all just zoom out of our lives for a bit, that is truly no easy feat. There are few things scarier than confronting the vastness of our world, and even scarier, the universe itself. But it's funny how many of us think that we really understand each other.

Why do first world problems exist? Perhaps gratefulness is overrated, or in the moment our minds seem to hit rock bottom, or we're all just ninnies. There are a number of theories that exist, of course, but none of them provide justification. I guess the only real thing we can be excused for is the fact that most of us are really just living with binoculars super-glued to our eyes. By that I mean that we're all incapable of seeing outside our own lives. What each of us sees is a seven-billionth of what the world sees. That statistic will likely never change- but the ability we already possess to change that can.

Striving to be a better person depends entirelyon ow you see the world. Perhaps if we imagined the difficulties gone through by the houseless millions on the streets every night, or those who go to sleep with growling stomachs, or those who sleep with one eye open, we're bound to become acquainted with this small world of ours in no time.