The first ever image of a black hole was recently published. It was a cool school portrait. Smile!
It is more than 50 million light years away. It has the mass of 6.5 billion suns.
A few years ago a little chirp picked up by LIGO moved a laser the diameter of a proton that proved the existence of gravitational waves.
If it makes you feel small, it should.
But it should also make you feel lucky. Look at what we’re given. Look at you’ve been able to accomplish.
We’re so small in the cosmic scheme of this universe that we have no excuse to run from our most ambitious visions. Sure, fear is real, but when you realize how tiny we are, why be afraid? Why not start and finish a terrible book? Why not take 1,000 horrible photographs? Why not start a dozen terrible businesses? What do you have to lose?
Let the titanic size of the cosmos set you free. Let it liberate your inhibitions because this is all we’ve got. Nothing matters and everything matters all at the same time.
Please, jump, and create your own event horizon where nobody can escape the great pull of your gravity.
