On a more philosophical note…I remember  watching the campy sci-fi movie, “The Incredible Shrinking Man” when I was around 10 years old and never forgot it ( see Youtube clip below) . “The Infinite and the infinitesimal”……..a dialectic in human consciousness and self perceived space-time. We are all metaphorically “shrinking” in an ever expanding Universe among nearly infinite quantum universes. Is life as a cosmic speck in the so-called Multiverse worth something? The Incredible Shrinking Man (after kicking the giant spider’s ass and using his still pretty evolved and clever apex predator brain to trick the giant house cat) thought it was in fact worth something …even after coming to the conclusion that he was going to keep shrinking to almost nothing and therefore would probably never find a similar micron sized mate on Shrinking Match.com.

I also believe life is worth something especially when one learns how to love generously while at the same time recognizing how to grow in wisdom rather than just in ego and self interest. When I feel I am doing that and allow myself to experience all of the very human qualities that go with humility and personal growth (like the bittersweet emotions of regret and genuine remorse often experienced in hindsight), full-bodied wonder, awe and gratitude in the present, and fervent hope for the future. That’s when I usually feel that my existence is “worth it”, even if I dont have all the Stephen Hawking black hole quantum physics and Einstein “spooky action at a distance” mathematics worked out (see previous blog on the Big Bang).

https://youtu.be/Rce3YHKBHhk?is=5R7Ddjd1P_3xjxY3