:: gia’s blog ::

I’m just going to re-post something I’ve just put up at Sunshine:

This is the time of year to reflect on the past year and to look forward to the next 12 months. We focus on the things we’ve achieved, the things we will achieve, our plans, our hopes, our dreams.

Far, far too often our thoughts remain bound to the Earth, bound to our own countries, bound to our own lives, bound to ourselves, bound to our own little peculiar way of seeing the world. Very rarely do we take a step back to try and look at the bigger picture… and where we fit into it.

Each of us is the star in our own Universe- you feature in every single scene of your life from beginning to end. Too many people, however, like to believe that the Universe actually revolves around them. They try to shape the lives of others in order to create a world that fits into the way they experience life. They ignore the fact that other people have a different view of the Universe- different hopes, dreams, beliefs, plans- and instead they make choices, based entirely upon their own experience of the Universe, which have an adverse effect on many people in their lives… or even, in certain circumstances, their choices affect us all.

In order to try and give some perspective on these things I’d like to show you some pictures which were sent to me recently by someone who reads the blog. To me they say, ‘Your hopes, dreams, beliefs, plans, fears have as much meaning as anyone else’s.’
(click for big versions)

We are all alone in this vast Universe together. Like it or not, the Universe will continue whether we are here or not, it doesn’t need us to exist. We are meaningless to the Universe. Still, for some reason, we continue to fall in love, to grieve, to laugh, cry, argue, make-up. We get upset when our favourite shirt is ruined, we feel jubilant when our football team wins, we get angry when someone is mean to us, we feel romantic when we hear ‘our song’, we get annoyed when we have to ‘press 3 if you want to speak to a company representative’, we get really excited about a new Danny Boyle film coming out ;)… As a brilliant person said to me the other day, ‘In this meaningless Universe, our lives are saturated with meaning.’

We should make the most of it.

Happy Holidays to everyone… and hopefully in the New Year things will become less crap.