by Blair Georgakas

      It is human nature to get caught up in our own lives.  We are so concerned about our work, relationships, and finals that our lives become everything we know and everything that is important.  We think the world is this massive place and it is in comparison to us.  But let’s think bigger.  We forget that Earth is just one planet of our solar system.  Our solar system is just one of many in our galaxy and our galaxy is just one of all of space.  How significant really are our lives?  How significant is even our planet?  Earth is just one tiny blue dot in hundreds of thousands of miles of space.  It makes me wonder why I am even here.  What is the point of me living this life?  On a grand scale, my life does not really mean anything.  It reassures me that it really doesn’t matter about that one test I failed or the one time I really made a mistake.            Thinking about how small Earth is in comparison to space is so interesting to me.  We question whether or not there are other life forms.  But I don’t see how it’s even a question.  In my mind, there has to be more life out there.  How can we really believe that our planet is the only one of millions that has life?  Isn’t it naïve and almost arrogant to believe that we are the only planet with life?  The question now is when we will discover it.