It's a Small World

Space is often referred to as “the final frontier.” However, with millions of miles of deep-sea ocean still unexplored, I think everyone can define “frontier” differently. In that same sense, I believe everyone has his or her own unique concept of the universe. I think that some people see objects, jobs, and ideas as the center of his or her universe, meaning that individuals define their lives and everything in it by one thing or other person. Scientifically, of course, that’s not the case. The universe is typically described in relation to our cosmic address. We’ve got Earth, our solar system, are galaxy, our galaxy cluster and so on and so forth. To me, however, it’s hard to always think in such large-scale terms. When going through my day, I can’t say that I always think of my universe as the cosmos. I think of my universe as what defines me everyday. Personally, that involves my family, my friends, my sport, and my academics. The first definition I’ve seen of “universe” is, “all existing matter and space consisting as a whole.” Basically the way I see the universe, then, is that what defines your world as whole? I understand the cosmos make up the universe. That every star, asteroid, planet, and larger systems are what’s considered to be that concept, but I have difficulty stopping every day and saying, “This is mundane because the universe is so much larger than me and my problems.” Well, my problems are sometimes large compared to me. My description of the universe might be small compared to the scientific one, but that’s because humans are small. We as individuals are insignificant in comparison to the sun, but we have significant value in each other.