I think one of the hardest things is knowing that the human experience is so beautifully complex it would be impossible to understand it all; in this lifetime at least.

I can almost see why people actually believe in a divine or singular creator… so much of our life on earth is almost impossible to explain. Sure, science answers the immediate questions in the here and now, but everything you’re experiencing in this moment is so unimaginably improbable, sometimes it easier to explain away with stories.



For example, the Voyager 1 probe is currently (at time of writing) 24.3 billion kilometres away from earth, and it will be another 20,000 years or so until it finally passes through the Oort cloud and leave our Solar System for good. That’s not even to speak of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, which it will never leave. And besides, even if it did, there are anything between 200 billion and 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe, and so in the grand scheme of things trying to understand everything is a pointless endeavour.



What’s more important is just trying to enjoy your experience on earth as it is right now, no matter how brief. And sure, it’s not an easy thing at times, but I have written about hope before, and I truly think that’s the singular most important thing to hold onto.

Despite all the pain and suffering that we see, wherever you look you will also see hope. Stories of people who embody the human spirit deep within their core; who shine a light onto others, even when they themselves are consumed by darkness.



I know that within you is a person capable of shining a light onto others, as others may have done, or will do for you in the future, and your life will be all the better for it.