The earth has been around for 4.55 billion years. Homo sapiens for about 200,000 years.
200,000/4,550,000,000 *100= 0.0043956043956
Humans have only been on earth for 0.0044% of the earth’s history. Or if you look at the age of the one universe, 13.78 billion years, humans have only existed for 0.00144% of all time.
For a little more perspective, a single 100 year life is lived for only 0.00000073% of all time. Insignificant. Our lives are not even a blink of an eye in the grand scheme of the universe. Nothing.
Yet for us, it’s everything. It’s all we know. It’s all we have. It’s no wonder people want to believe in an afterlife… why, there simply has to be more… or so the thinking goes. But regardless of your beliefs, this life is unlikely to go past 100 years. Life is so short and fleeting. This begs the questions:
Are you passing time, or are you experiencing it?
Are you completing tasks or creating memories?
Are you treating life like it is nothing, or do you realize that, for you, it is everything?