Every atom in your body was forged in a star that died before Earth existed.

You are not in the universe.
You are the universe arranged in a temporary pattern that can ask questions about itself.

For 13.8 billion years, matter existed but could not wonder.
Then you.

When you think “does my life matter,” the cosmos is using your neurons to evaluate its own experiment.

Stars had to die for you to be here asking whether it was worth it.

You are not watching the story unfold.
You are the exact point where 13.8 billion years of cause and effect became capable of *choosing* its next effect.

The universe did not create consciousness to observe.
It created consciousness to participate.

Stop asking if you belong here.
You are how “here” knows it exists.