The center of the universe.

I am normally a very calm person, and don't get ticked off very easily.
But, i do get very pissed at some people, who for example, think that they are all-important; or refer to themselves in third-person. Also, I'm sick, and possibly tired of hearing pompous arses saying, "I am the center of my own universe".


First of all, no one on the face of this planet is huge or influential enough to have their own social 'universe'(the universe is too large to imagine or pin out, anyhoo). At the complete maximum, we all have our own little solar system ; but, we are not central to that either.
Many say, that if we cease to exist, then our solar system will vanish, too. But, lets face it; our solar system would still be, even after we are gone.


Our environment and the people around us, make up our own, special, and exclusive solar system. Our friends, our families, our enemies, our favorite popsicle... all these things, no matter how big or small they are, come together to form our personal haven. Yet, would all of these things stop existing, if we were to disappear? No. They might just lose one angle of perspective. But, they never totally lose their being.


The simplest example I can give you, is that of the Earth. The milky way (that name still makes me chuckle) is our universe; because we reside in it. We learn of it through our perspective, but we are not at the center, are we..? (If in case you failed at basic geography in school, let me edify, that the Sun is the center of our solar system. Thank you.)
The Earth is just another planet in the Milky Way. If it got destroyed, then the other planets and celestial objects wouldn't really care. I mean, yeah, they might get depressed, and change their orbits due to a lack of mass where our planet once stood, but in course of time, they would move on.


Similarly, it's the same for us. If we died, the people around us; that once consisted of our personal solar system, would just move on with their life.
Human beings are prejudiced by nature (enough to revoke Pluto's planetarism, or whatever), and it is impossible for us to think beyond our own existence. Yet, to think that we are central to anything on this planet is a very blunt, arrogant, myopic, and a sad thought. Our lives are deeply affected by others, and vice-versa. So, finding one single core, of the meaning of one's being is like trying to ride a snail-powered chariot to work, when you are already late (re: futile).


So, in the end, our lives are ruled by greater laws, than we can ever imagine. And, eventually, our lives are not in our own hands. The most we can do, is go on with life, as it is, and be the best we can ever be at whatever we do; while acknowledging those special people, for the importance and significance they have in each our lives.


Go ahead people, show each other some love!
And remember; the center of one's life doesn't exist in the meaning of being.
It resides in the process of living.
"All is one. One is all."