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Perhaps the largest disconnect between humanity and the universe it resides in is that we wake up day after day believing nothing has changed, when in reality, everything has. We are so engrossed into the stories that we’ve told ourselves, so captivated and convinced by themes, motifs, themes, and patterns that they are all that we see, despite the entropy and the chaos that perpetually pervades us.

We downplay the contribution we each make towards this ceaseless chain of cause in effect in the world; we fail to recognize that every thought, every belief, every action, and every word spoken—no matter how minute, fleeting, or transitory they may seem—has a permanent and irreversible effect on the course of the universe.