I Am Not The Center Of The Universe

I am writing this to tell myself that "I am not the center of the universe".

I do not exist.

I do not matter.

I am not important.

I am not entitled to anything.

I am given the greatest opportunity to be here, right now, at this spot of the universe.

Comparing me to the universe, I am just a bacteria or a particle smaller than an atom, who do not have any value or rights.

I can be ignored. I am easily replaceable.

"I" am nothing.

Everything I see and feel are based on my presumption of life, I am wrong.

I view the world through my eyes.

I am not looking at the big picture.

That driver who honked at you, cut you through in traffic was taking his son to the hospital.

That women who behaved rudely to her customers, was desperate to make a sale to pay her kids school fees.

That kid who stole things, have not ate anything in the past three days.

The elderly couple who were taking to much time at the bank lost their home and savings to a fraud.

I watched a video of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. It was a humbling experience. If you have not watched it yet, I will provide you the link here.

This video made me think how irrelevant our world is compared to the universe.

I have a great love for stars and galaxies, that is how I came upon this video. This made me think on my topic I am not the center of the universe.

I used to feel like, I deserve some rights, I should be given an easy route for all the sufferings and hardwork I am going through.

I work very hard everyday without a break, often 15 hours in front of a laptop. Most of this work goes unnoticed, unappreciated.

It doesn't matter, I am replaceable, no matter how hard I try there is always someone who can do it better, who deserves more.

I am a tumble weed in the desert. The world doesn't know I exist. The world don't care.

The world is desperately moving forward with it's own problems everyday, comparing to that I am nothing.

If I die today, the world will carry on forward. Nobody will stop, not even a single soul will shed a tear. I do not change anything.

I am not the center of the universe

Harison Xavier