Assignment 21: Ellie Phillips

At this very moment, somewhere in the universe, a life ends. Whoever just died might have been young or old. Whoever just died might have had a family or nobody. Whoever just died might have been rich or poor. Whoever just died was many things. However, considering the stock market is still open, cars are still moving down the street, and the world is still spinning, at this very moment somewhere in the universe did their death have an impact? We hear on the news frequently the death of living legends, but after their death and a respectful time of mourning are they still legends just minus the living? Think of how many influential people have existed since, well, humans have existed. At the time that people live, a small number will be special and do something, good or bad, that affects the world, and even those special few are not all likely to be remembered. Sure George Washington and Hitler are well known, but there are so many others, whether famous or infamous, just fade away. And what about the majority of people who are just average? Certainly they affect a small range of people like their loved ones, but not nearly a city, a nation, or a world. At this very moment, somewhere in the universe, a life ends, but society continues because at that same very time another life begins. And whatever happens in the middle probably won’t matter to the world, but it will matter to a few. And a few is good enough.