The Facts of Reality

I have come to recognize two human behaviors that are very common:

1) caring way too much about petty or insignificant things
2) living a life that revolves around something insignificant

So, here is my input for those of you engaged in these behaviors, or for anyone who might otherwise benefit from it:

You are some sort of object capable of conscious thought, sensuous observation, logical analysis, emotional experience, creation, and communication. This world is full of other beings who have the same abilities. The universe, including your body, is composed entirely of energy in different forms and states. We don't know what energy is. We don't know why there is something rather than nothing. We are beings who have developed utterly awe-inspiring, abstract abilities. We are sharing this strange and wonderful experience together.

These fundamental facts of our existence, the nature of being a living organism capable of experience, are not even recognized by so many humans. These fundamental facts of our existence should make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. They should make your heart stop. They should invoke an emotion inside of you unlike any other you have felt before.

The facts of the reality we have found ourselves in are more beautiful than any creation of any kind - more beautiful than any detail of the reality itself.