For thirteen point eight billion years, you didn’t exist. The universe was here. Stars were born and died. Galaxies formed. And none of it needed you to be there.
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You don’t remember any of it. You weren’t afraid. You didn’t miss a thing.
But one day, the universe will go on without you again. And this time, the thought of it frightens you.
Why? The universe will be the same. You won’t be there to notice. So why does one absence feel like nothing, while the other feels like losing everything?
