Twenty Light Years

(I found this photo on Space Porn's Facebook page, and they have even more amazing photos!)

 

I just HAD TO share this photo; I am so in love with it. This is a pillar of smoky dust about TWENTY LIGHT-YEARS LONG!! It would take twenty years to go from one end of this pillar of space dust to the other end, going at the speed of light. Here we are in this earth life, worrying about getting our work, money, children, love, home, etc., but by looking at these photos, I know there is so much more in the works of the universe and whatever may be outside of this universe that we may not ever understand in this life.

 

It's crazy how much I've changed on the inside since moving to Washington. I've been indulging in documentaries, books, magazine articles, and opinions/thoughts of other people. I've just opened up my mind and heart so much, and I am striving to be at peace with myself, and what ever the universe may bring.

 

I grew up in a religious home, learning that after this earth life, we go through a judgment stage, and then are assigned to a kingdom of God for eternity. Now, this is very possible, but think of all the other possibilities, too. I think that whatever comes after this life will be so much more than we can possibly comprehend. I can believe anything I want, and so can anyone else, but we can never know.

 

We could be the descendants of aliens from another universe or planet that came to Earth to survive. We could simply be an experiment/simulation made from another life form (or God) that has such amazing, futuristic technology that they could create what life is to us. Atoms are 99% empty, which means that everything is almost nothing, so there is a possibility that many other realities lie within the empty space of atoms. Our universe could just be one little part of an atom of something so much bigger. There are endless possibilities.

 

I have come to a realization that I will never truly KNOW what happens after this life while we are still alive. I am accepting that fact, that I will always be in wonder of what will happen after this life, and I am okay with it :) I will continue to do my best to keep an open mind and heart, and to be the best person I can in this life. No matter what happens after this life, I can look back here with no regrets, and know that I did everything that made me happy, and know that I did my best to live as a person who strived to help others, to help myself, and to help the beautiful earth I live on.