Ode to the Universe

universe and solar system

Everything is in a cycle of life, death, and evolution.

We are caught in that cycle. It happens perpetually from the scale of a nanosecond, all the way up to that of a light year.

Constant life, death, and evolution. Redefinition. The arrow of time moves forward; the cycle wrapping around it.

Everything begins and ends at once, continuously at any moment in time. We are on the cusp of the universe.

The past linking to the present; the present determining the future. The only real power is in the present; the present determines what will be the past and the future.

The present is the point in time of control; control of where the cycles are trending. The present is the singularity of the universe’s beginnings and ends, and we are endowed with the power to control the present.

We are on the edge of the universe, and the writers of what’s possible; the writers of our own story. It’s a privilege to be alive at this moment in time and to be human.

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
-Mother Theresa