Evolution of Character

In Cosmos Carl Sagan said, “We are made of star stuff.”

I'll add to the point above by saying that stars are balls of fire and that we are just as volatile. That everything in the cosmos is the result of (or will result in) an explosion, be it a massive universe-creating one or the colliding of synapsis. While gravity may seem unchanging, it is only our minute perspective that makes it appear as such. Everything is in constant flux and to believe otherwise, that some things might actually stay the same, is naive. Yes, I will always love my family. But even the dynamics b/w each of us are perpetually changing.  Changes, whether happy or sad, always bring hope, for both new opportunities and second-chances lie on these paths that cross often in this web. But to suppose that anything could remain constant once found is sadly more absurd than believing that a star is nothing more than a twinkling light. Whether a cataclysm of atomic explosions reaching us millions of years after the snapshot had been taken or a wish granting ambassador, there will always be many interpretations and much unknown. It is in the unknown and in our transitions that possibilities lie, where dreams breathe and creativity thrives. To find your way means to constantly redefine yourself as you fit into the cosmos at that moment. 

How can I best affect this moment?  What is the world missing that I can provide?   Is my absense more beneficial in certain circumstances?  Why have I been given these opportunities?  This understanding?  This life...?  How will my changes, my breath, my conscious decisions affect the world?  Must I explain myself??  And will benevolent acts result in benevolence or is perception a more influential factor? 

“Many social and natural phenomena—societies, economies, ecosystems, climate systems—are complex evolving webs of interdependent parts whose collective behavior cannot be reduced to a sum of parts; small, gradual changes in any component can trigger catastrophic and potentially irreversible changes in the entire system that can propagate, in domino fashion, even across traditional disciplinary boundaries.”—George Sugihara (a theoretical biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

*currently listening to Hotel Costes 5......