We are not all that important. Have you ever thought of that?

This world we live on... this rock that carries our very existence. It can survive without us. It would thrive without us. Even our best efforts to preserve this world slowly etch away at what life it has. Riddle me this: what are we here for?

I cannot help but feel that there is some reason we are here that no one has thought of. Whether we were put here by some force we cannot fathom or the idea we did evolve from our brethren primates... there is something we are all missing. I know it. We can say all we want that our survival is key. Our reproduction is the only thing the human race is good for is to continue on inventing things that may kill us in the end. Or really... things that are killing us right now. That is the very base of human existence... to survive.

Now that we are alive and we can see that we will be so for an undertermined amount of time... where do we go from here? We accept our education and let that form who we are. Some aim to understand and conquer a subject or two and let that take them through college. What can we say about the so-called "fools" that run from education? I honestly want to say that I think they are on to something but they don't even know it.

People criticize: where are they going with their lives? What benefit are they going to be to the world?

I realize: we only have so much time here. They are only making the most of it... we see it as bad because these "fools" never make the smartest choice with their time! While we push ourselves to get our education like the many before us... what does it give us? It gives us a small place in the world that will somehow support the human race. It gives us support for our survival.

We need those people.

However, I am not one of those people. I will take my education and seek my interests that will benefit my own understanding of this world... this life! When we see the end of our school days (college included) it is safe to say that more than a quarter of our life has been dedicated to learning. Tell me though, what does it apply to?

It will apply to our survival! The basic notion that the human life must continue on no matter the circumstances. We will then run out into world of employment to make money to survive ourselves. We go and find a spouse to continue the legacy of a name. And it is back to work to survive the family! This supports locally, nationally, and eventually globally. The act to keep ourselves alive runs this Pale Blue Dot!

There are plenty of people that don't come to think of time when we live this life of ours. How many days do you come to think that our lives are basically planned out for us? We are born, then educated, apply ourselves to the work force, and then retire and make with what we will the last few years of our lives.

Time is ridiculous. We look it in the face and fear it. We are afraid that we will not fulfill our human instincts as so many others have and will continue to do so. Our survival is key... time is here to make sure we do so.

I want it to stop. I do not know for how long. I just want time to stop. I just want a gap in my life where I can be free to do what I want. I am tired of having to do everything by the book! There is time to educate and learn. There is time to work and survive. I do not want time to survive...

I want time to live!