Atoms to Atoms

We start out as atoms and we return to the universe as atoms. Our lives are forever intertwined with our mother, the Universe.

Lawrence Krause has said that there is an atom from one star in your left hand and an atom from another star in your right.  He also says that when we drink a glass of water, we are probably drinking an atom of water that Winston Churchill had consumed.  How it got back out is entirely another story.

Carl Sagan used the phrase, “We are made of star stuff.”  And, it’s true.  The only way the heavier elements exist is from a star exploding in a Super Nova. We are comprised of elements that can only be made that way and without Super Novi we would not be here.

Here’s the thing:  Human beings have been around for 250,000 years (approx.) and maybe more.  And many have come and gone.  Probably 50 billion. Their elements are still here in the Earth.  In a sense, every human being that ever existed is still here, around us and in us.  And, when we die, we will join them for eternity.  Mixing in, fitting in, forever loved.

So, if I may, I’d like to turn Sagan’s phrase around, “Eventually, every star will be made of people stuff.”  I know that I’ll be happy there.

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