Thursday, April 7, 2011

Relatively Center

I often feel off-center in my universe, like a broken moon just spinning around the brighter blue planets nearby. Maybe you know the feeling.

But here's something interesting: Relativity. Yes, of the Einstein variety. In Relativity, you are the center of the universe. You can't not be the center, because everything you see, everything you experience, absolutely everything you do is relative to your viewpoint - even time. That's pretty big stuff.

So maybe this broken moon isn't broken at all, it just has a uniquely interesting time-born shape. And maybe this brighter blue planet isn't bigger or better or more beautiful, but just as beautiful and unique in its own blue-planety sort of way. Apples aren't oranges and never can be (and I don't think they'd want to be, either). We're all part of our universe. One photon's as important as one galaxy. And whatever shape or size or color or mindset, we can't help but be our own center.