Admist the chaos, God provides peace
Robert House, Contributing Writer
Issue date: 2/9/09 Section: Perspectives
Did you know that if we made a copy of our solar system to scale and Jupiter were the size of the period at the end of this sentence, Pluto would be 35 feet away from the sun? This fact scares the crap out of me. There is so much space out there. And it is filled with so little.
I have no idea how that all works. I simply don't know enough about astronomy. But I do know that if the gravitational pull of the sun were a little bit stronger or a little bit weaker, our planetary system wouldn't have worked out. And that is really amazing.
Not to mention the fact that planet Earth is the perfect distance from the sun to sustain human life. Or the fact that all of the atoms that make up my body work well enough together to sustain my life but they have no idea that they are doing it.
All of these thoughts reassure me that life will work out in the end. I, like far too many of us, often get slipped up on the small things that ruin my day. Or I get overwhelmed with school and friends and relationships. But, in the end, it always seems to work out in the long run.
The collections of atoms that are each of us work together so that we live and grow and learn and become friends. It works so well and so randomly that I know that God must exist.
Imagine the tranquility that can be found halfway between the here and Pluto. There is nothing there to distract you. It is just you in a perfect vacuum surrounded by nothingness. Try to imagine it. I certainly cannot imagine how very peaceful that experience would be.
But I do know what can bring me close to that: friends, family, dates and prayer.
Friends are those to whom I turn when the world seems to have entirely fallen apart. They keep my sane and prevent me from spinning off into space. They would be the ones that show me the great beauty of the planet in the distance of the vast universe.
Family provides me with grounding. They remind me that I was created just the way I am because had my parents bonded at a different time that day, I probably wouldn't be here. They would be the ones that remind me that the universe was created the way it was for a reason.
I have no idea how that all works. I simply don't know enough about astronomy. But I do know that if the gravitational pull of the sun were a little bit stronger or a little bit weaker, our planetary system wouldn't have worked out. And that is really amazing.
Not to mention the fact that planet Earth is the perfect distance from the sun to sustain human life. Or the fact that all of the atoms that make up my body work well enough together to sustain my life but they have no idea that they are doing it.
All of these thoughts reassure me that life will work out in the end. I, like far too many of us, often get slipped up on the small things that ruin my day. Or I get overwhelmed with school and friends and relationships. But, in the end, it always seems to work out in the long run.
The collections of atoms that are each of us work together so that we live and grow and learn and become friends. It works so well and so randomly that I know that God must exist.
Imagine the tranquility that can be found halfway between the here and Pluto. There is nothing there to distract you. It is just you in a perfect vacuum surrounded by nothingness. Try to imagine it. I certainly cannot imagine how very peaceful that experience would be.
But I do know what can bring me close to that: friends, family, dates and prayer.
Friends are those to whom I turn when the world seems to have entirely fallen apart. They keep my sane and prevent me from spinning off into space. They would be the ones that show me the great beauty of the planet in the distance of the vast universe.
Family provides me with grounding. They remind me that I was created just the way I am because had my parents bonded at a different time that day, I probably wouldn't be here. They would be the ones that remind me that the universe was created the way it was for a reason.
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