You're 1 in 100 billion
By rough estimates, 100 billion people have ever lived on this earth. To put that into perspective, if every person only lived for one second, one right after the other, it would take 3,171 years to get to everyone. That's only counting how many have ever lived and currently live. It doesn't take into account the future. So here you are. One second out of three thousand years. Living your life. Eating. Sleeping. Worrying. You pass by other seconds without knowing the full extent of their lives. I'll bet you can't remember most of your own small second of life. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter if you take a few minutes out of your day to read a small article written by another small second. And yet, it does. You are 1 in 100 billion. The choices you are making right now matter. It's a stressful time, and in these difficult times are when we shape ourselves the most. What will you do when there's no milk at the store? How will you reac...