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Saying Yes to the Universe

Why Things Will Get Better

By Amber DawnPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Saying Yes to the Universe
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The universe is an incredible place, vast and endless. Countless stars float around in these awe-inspiring galaxies. Millions of unexplored galaxies and planets swirl around our own giant piece of rock that holds a mass of a whopping 5.972 × 10^24 kg. Could that get any crazier? Well, it can, actually. This is because so much of our planet is still unexplored. Shout out to the Mariana Trench, that being the deepest part of the ocean. There's so much left to learn!

Even still, with the last year and a half that we have had, this life thing can get a little bit stressful. When I say "a little bit", what I really mean is about how stressed out a lamb gets when it realizes that it's the soul target of a pack of ravenous wolves and one of them is holding a flame thrower.

Am I over-exaggerating some...maybe, but really. Look at what all has taken place in just the last two years alone. Could anyone have guessed that this was on the horizon? A global pandemic. No toilet paper. Nations everywhere closed down. Masks required.

Come on. Be honest. If you say you saw that coming, then you're lying.

With all that said, it's easy to get into a negative mindset when you think about how screwed up the world seems. I fell victim to this today after I got off of work. As a Certified Nursing Assistant at a small medical clinic, I very much see the ugly side of a lot of situations. One of the uglier ones came up today when I learned that, not only had one of my most beloved patients passed, but this person had to take this journey alone because of the pandemic. His family wasn't allowed into the hospital with him. His last few moments were spent surrounded my strangers.

To be honest, this breaks my heart. If I had been there with him, if I had been able to hold his hand as he made the journey over, it would not have hurt so bad. But it didn't happen like that. It never does.

On top of that, I got some more somber news. One of our patients called to let me know that his back surgery had been cancelled for the third time now. There was no reason given by the hospital. When I inquired as to whether there was anything I could do, the elderly man gave me a disheartened response:

"Nothing can be done about it, Dear." He said solemnly. He gave a raspy chuckle. "Once you get past seventy like me, the universe decides that you're no longer important."

As I drove home, the spring-time air blowing through the rolled down window in my Nissan Rogue, I couldn't help but replay the man's words in my head. Again and again, like an Alanis Morisette record stuck on repeat. The rather grim lyrics played in my mind's eye over and over.

Was that all that universe had in store for us? Growing up, and then growing old and becoming unimportant? Were we now at a point in time where humanity itself has nothing to look forward to but dying in a hospital bed alone from our family and loved ones? Had we really lost that bright future in the distance amidst the tragic and heartache that the most recent years have brought upon us? What did we have to look forward to now?

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that there was actually something much more crucial at stake than just our general sense of well-being and happiness; it was our sense of hope, that gift provided to us by the universe so long ago. That tiny flicker of a flame in your heart that tells you to keep going. That pushes you to keep fighting, even when you're amidst the most gruesome of adversaries. That pulls you back up from the ground time and time again, no matter how many times you have already fallen.

All and all, the universe has so much to offer us. It hasn't forgotten about us, about humanity or where we are in our present day. One day this pandemic will be history, and it is up to us to write the story that others will tell about it. It is up to us to be strong and courageous in this uncertain world. To push past the obstacles that seem to be constant, and to let them make us stronger as individuals and as the human race.

In this thing called life, we have two choices. We can sit on sidelines and tell ourselves that this world will never get any better. That things won't ever change. That each of us are stuck right here where we are, and that there are no good things to look forwards to. Or, instead, we can choose to fan that little and seemingly dull spark inside of us. We can choose to stand up and say "yes!" to what lies ahead. Yes to the possibilities of prosperity and love. Of friendship and happiness. Yes to the future. Yes to what we can accomplish with the help of those around us. We can say yes to the universe, and to the undoubtedly exciting future that lies ahead of us.

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About the Creator

Amber Dawn

I'm a 27 year old dog mom who loves to get lost in fantasy writing. Working on my first novel of the Begotten Trials saga. All rights reserved. 2021.

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