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Sometimes things are hard and you must relax. To relax I pulled out "The Planets" book Narrated by Bill Nye and curated by NASA showing the hundreds of images they have taken of the various celestial bodies that neighbor our home. I looked at the Mars Landscape panorama and thought it was beautiful. I finally got to Uranus when I stopped to think; The universe is extremely vast with many great and unique creations for us to observe. Yet here I am, in my circumstances, with others in their circumstances on this planet surrounded by millions of other planets, and this is the only one proven to have life.

It is astonishing, having millions of planets and we're right here in this very moment on this exact planet together. While we can't reach every planet, we can always try to reach every single person - to help them and positively impact their lives. Every person is worth the world in one way or another and that's what makes it so unique, is us. Even a little bit of positive change that you may bring forth in your life time is held by great volumes - because it may never be replicable or applicable to anywhere else in the universe other than your family, clients, friends, and other loved ones.

For many, this outlook is seen as an essence of nihilism, but to me its a sense of purpose that even while on a planet with millions of others surrounding, I have a purpose to provide the world and so do you, and in this realization I find myself looking for new solutions to problems so that I may be freed from the rat race.
 
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MJ DeMarco

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Perspective can do wonders. I tweeted some months ago that a walk through the cemetery also offers incredible perspective. Someone also alluded that here today as well.

 

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For many, this outlook is seen as an essence of nihilism, but to me its a sense of purpose

It can be both, existent nihilism is the belief that whilst there is no external 'truth', there is meaning and it is found within us.
 

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Perspective can do wonders. I tweeted some months ago that a walk through the cemetery also offers incredible perspective. Someone also alluded that here today as well.

It really does. Today the girl I'd been seeing for a little said our relationship wouldn't work out and I need a date for prom (That's why I got her number in the first place, and basic physical attraction by looks). I was sad at first because we talked prior and she was being rude and I was confused, went to my class and was interactive as normal - carrying the class basically, keeping the conversation going with the teacher. Then I left for work, still upset but happy to be there (I work at a start up and so it was nice getting to do my work and collaborate with the people who need and want me). And now after some processing I'm not sad but glad, because I was being brought down by her negativity and being less productive, and realized that I shouldn't be sad because there are people who don't want me. I should be happy because there are people who want me and need me. Like business deals, you can't win them all :).

I know its a bit off topic but it was my example today of why perspective matters
 
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