“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are an entire ocean in a drop.”
—Rumi, 13th-century Persian poet & Sufi mystic
Image from Unsplash by Greg Rakozy
How often do you see yourself as small and insignificant? Depending on your perspective, you may see yourself as:
- one vote among millions
- one person among seven+ billion
- one creature living on a tiny planet in a small solar system in one galaxy among trillions
If you are a fan of physics, you may also note that we live in one universe in a multiverse of infinite numbers.
Perhaps with those descriptions, you think I proved that we are even less than a drop in the ocean. But I suggest that instead you consider this:
Your body is composed of more cells than there are grains of sand on all the beaches in the world, and all the stars in our Milky Way galaxy, combined.
We are all made from star dust from super novas, and we possess the consciousness of knowing that is so.
EXERCISE:
How can you more fully embrace the miracle of you?
With this far bigger and more powerful perspective, how can and will you relate to your place in the world and from the world within you?
