the most brilliant minds on the planet will tell you that the universe is expanding. we invent telescopes and we create science fiction to “boldly go where no one has gone before,” but we never really reach the edges or the explanations.
erwin mcmanus suggests that the space inside of each of us is even more vast and complicated. from Soul Cravings:
“There is as much mystery inside as there is outside — maybe more. if you look carefully inside people, you’ll find both luminaries and black holes. And if you choose to walk with someone for a lifetime, you’ll find that no matter how well you know him or her, there’s still so much you don’t know.
[Unfortunately], some people seem to live in a very small universe. Their world has room only for themselves. While their souls have every potential to be ever expanding, they seem instead to be the center of a collapsing universe — no room for dreams, for hope, for laughter, for love, for others — room only for themselves.”
i cannot even communicate to you how desperately i want to work with luminaries. it seems as though i am surrounded by black holes that not only have no desire to ever become stars, but to absorb the light from everyone else on their path to obscurity.
someone save me.
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