This mind-blowing video puts our place in the universe in startling perspective.
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People who profess to know something about how to live life and be happy (some do, some don’t), all seem to agree that we shouldn’t sweat the small stuff, that obsessing on the trivial cheapens existence, diminishes our enjoyment, and takes our focus off the big things that truly matter. The next time you get upset over someone cutting in line or cutting you off on the highway, a person talking too loudly on a cellphone, bad traffic, bad haircut, bad service at a restaurant, feeling fat, feeling ugly, feeling like you didn’t get enough done, the baby pooping, the baby not pooping, your kids turning the house upside down, your spouse coming home late for dinner, your spouse wanting to order out, your boss being a jerk, a friend asking to borrow money, your latte needing to be reheated, the 10,000 things you can’t control, or or any other minor annoyance, momentary blip, or temporary inconvenience, come back and watch this video. It will remind you in stark terms of just how small—and insignificant in the grand scheme of things—we and our petty problems really are.
Photo—American Museum of Natural History/YouTube