You Grant the World a Greater Life

The world would be smaller without you in it.

There would be one less soul to experience its existence. There would be less ground covered because your feet would not be there to find it. There would be fewer colors to see because your eyes would not be there to see them. The oceans would begin to shallow without your weight. There would be fallen trees that never got the chance to be heard. Everyone, and everything deserves the chance to be heard. There are sounds, sights, touches, feelings- and an infinite number of things more- that exist solely to be experienced by you. They were born for you. They are written in a language that can only ever be read by you. They do not exist the same for anyone else. ​

Your experience of the earth, and the earth’s experience of you, cannot be replicated. It can not be recreated. It cannot be understood through any recollection that is not your own. Should you not be there to claim these moments meant for you, they will cease to exist. They will cease to be. The world would be robbed of these moments. This loss would vibrate throughout the earth. This loss would be felt. The world will always notice- because even if the moment is missed, the knowing that it was meant for you will not be forgotten. The loss of you is a loss of great magnitude. You are of great magnitude.

People will die, memories will fade, and seasons will change- but you will never be forgotten. Your essence is woven into every stitch that binds us together. 

You grant the earth something that no one else can. You offer it the honor of your experience. Hated or loved, scared or fearless, curious or content- it does not matter. This life of yours is one that is intricately intertwined and perfectly crafted. It is meant to be. It is meant for you.

​How special it is to know that a universe, with an infinite expanse, needed you to feel whole.

The world will alter by your being in it. Good or bad, the depths of its self-understanding will heighten, all the same. Its self-awareness will deepen and its roots will expand- and there is never harm in understanding. There is only the blessing of promised growth. Should you leave- should you have never been- the lungs that breathe life into our universe would weaken. There would be fewer footprints on overly-watered soil. There wouldn't be enough finger prints on freshly wiped windows. There would be one less hand to feel the tiny heartbeats inside of baby-blue flowers, or hear the screams that come from thorn-ridden roses.

Should you have been born with a different nose, smaller hands or bigger feet, straighter teeth or a less crooked smile- should you have been born without any of the traits you have wished to trade- you would effectively be stealing a bit of life from others. You would be limiting the possibilities of experience, and wounding the potential for one to diversify their world. You would make every life on earth smaller. There would be one less experience- and you are a beautiful experience.

You were born needed. You have always, and forever will be needed.

You change people. This is an inarguable truth. No matter how brief the interaction, or how vast the connection- you grant them a greater life. A larger life. For another to experience you is to get a glimpse into another world. To experience others is to expand. You give them a thing that cannot be found anywhere else. You will heal them. You will confuse them. Perhaps, in some moments, you will scare them. You will hurt them. You will make them angry, and they will make you cry. This is okay. This is proof that you are alive. This is proof that you have lived.

You are love personified. ​

You will make someone's heart skip two beats instead of one. You will meet people with a matching pulse. You will cause laugh lines to deepen- and what better compliment is there than to be a part of the reason someone has smiled so much, or laughed so hard that it has left a mark? There is love in this world that cannot be comprehended without your mind, without your body, and without your soul. It would be wasted if not for you- and wasted love is a terrible tragedy. Life is much better when you are wasted on love, instead.

There are hearts in this world that cannot bear to beat without the beat of yours. There are veins that would bleed themselves dry if forced to endure a life without you. ​You are the blessing of learning, understanding, and of growth- both your own and others. Your vulnerability, and your existence has an immeasurable impact. Share yourself shamelessly. Believe in yourself unabashedly. Bask in the knowledge that you give the world a greater experience- that you expand the life of every person lucky enough to come across you.

You cannot strike your impact from the earth.

To live means to change, but there is one thing that never will. It will remain forever true, no matter the efforts you may make to deny it:

The world would be smaller without you in it. ​



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