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Firestorm of a star birth in local galaxy, NGC 604 (Credit: NASA)

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. 
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." -Marianne Williamson




Should we live as giant balls of gases burning up every bit of what we contain as we illuminate the nothingness with brilliance and beauty even if it's only for a brief moment in history and for no known purpose? Or should we live as a part of a bonded molecule, keeping the status quo and our pre-set orbit living out our existences secure in the knowledge that we contributed to this one effort? 


There's a whole lot of space in space. Sometimes I wonder if my couch will one day decide, "Screw this!" as all its atoms spin out into the ether to live independently of the concept of being a couch.