thebitterbabe

“When I look up at the night sky and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than most of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up — many people feel small, because they’re small, the Universe is big — but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. There’s a level of connectivity — that’s really what you want in life. You want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant. You want to feel like you’re a participant in the goings on and activities and events around you. That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive.” Neil DeGrasse

Reading (and listening) to this quote, it occurs to me that the feeling of relevance is what I lost in my mid-thirties and what many single, childless women feel as they get older. No wonder we get depressed!