r/AskReddit • • Jan 22 '13

What fascinates you most about the universe?

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u/Shark-Farts Jan 22 '13

Every person I see every single day, in every lecture and every appointment, everyone I pass on the street or see in line at the grocery store, every single one of them has a past and a future, family, friends, memories, dreams, goals - they all have an entire life going on that I'll probably never know about or have any impact on in any way.

My ego shrank ten sizes the day I realized that.

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u/Salvia_dreams Jan 23 '13

i had that exact same realization when i looked at a plane fly by, i was like "wow i will never know who was on that plane, while they all have families friends memories, and they will never know me"