Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?”
- David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (One of my all time favourite books).
Recently I have been thinking a lot about my future and my significance to the world as a person. There are more than seven billion people on this planet and I am willing to bet that the majority, like me, want to make a difference - to change the world for the better and have our names go down in history books.
In my opinion, a person does not actually die so long as their memory still stands; that though their heart may have stopped pumping and lungs stopped inhaling, they can still live on if people can remember them. It scares me to think of all the moss-stained coffins that stand only to display an empty name with no recallable story. Not all of us can be Albert Einsteins, Marylin Monroes.
However, every time someone remarks on our insignificance, I usually have to disagree. We might be tiny in comparison to the universe - our actions might mean nothing in the scheme of things - but that does not mean they actually mean nothing. Very few people will change the world, but many can change the bit around them if they try.
We are one in seven billion on the planet, but the probability of us coming to exist here is infinitely smaller. Think about it: what were the chances of both your parents finding each other, of the exact 'bird' and exact 'bee' combining so that in the end you could stand here? Not a lot. And yet, here you are.
Please never believe you are insignificant or inconsequential. Whatever you do will cause ripples in the lives of others, in the places around you. Never, ever believe you mean nothing.
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Why so talented and deep?
ReplyDeleteHahaha more like why so random and rambling :) But thank you darling georgia, you are very lovely x
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