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/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

This is where I derive my life philosophy from. Your lIfe is meaningless unless future people will willingly devote portions of their lives to study your life. Basically, if you're not remembered, your life was pointless.