Insignificant

Our blue planet is our only home. Yet, we continue to destroy it, and in the blink of an eye, we’ll lose it in no time. We think we are the most superior race in the entire universe–that we are capable to do and accomplish a lot of things. Look up, watch the stars and notice how they glistened in the night sky, blazing like fireworks in this velvet dark. We have been walking here on Earth for the last hundred thousands of years–a product of evolution and natural selection. But, the celestial bodies that we always see at night have been shining for more than a hundred million years.

 In the grand scheme of things, we are very small and very insignificant. As we venture into deep space explorations looking for alien life forms and Earth-like planets, our home is just a pale, blue dot, floating around a star while feeding off its warmth and light. Life beyond our galaxy really exists, but it is just a matter of time for us to discover it. Maybe during our lifetime. Or maybe not. Whether they’ll come across our planet or we’ll discover alien life forms in our own backyard serendipitously, the universe will always remain mysterious. For now, the constellations, who had witnessed our history for centuries and millennia will be the same, watching us over these tiny moments.

As night fell, the blue haze of day lifted to reveal the stars. If we were nocturnal beings, we would feel more connected to those far away stars, perhaps sensing the fragility of Earth all the more.