There is a quote in the book Every Day that states, "If you stare at the center of the universe, there is a coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us. Time doesn't care about us. That's why we have to care about each other." I find this quote to be the absolute truth.
The Universe is only a place to put living things, it is not a living thing itself. It is just there, it does not feel or want, it is just cumulative, therefore it does not care. Time is the same way. It is just a measurement, so it does not care either.
Even though these two things are what we center our lives around, the Universe and Time don't center itself around us. Time seems so fragile, but in reality, it can never break. The Universe seems right in our grasp, but really we will never be able to touch it. We hold Time and the Universe up on a pedestal as if they decide our fate, our future, our choices, our life. But really these two pieces of our life will go on without us.
This is why we have to care about the people that surround us. Without them, we would be all alone, and that is no life. Friends, family, loved ones are all we really have while we are living, so we have to take care of them as best we can.
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