None of this Matters

What would happen if the Earth and everything on stopped existing tomorrow?

The universe wouldn’t give a single shit.

Our light would travel through the universe, in every direction for an infinite amount of time, another drop in the cosmic ocean of matter. Part of a wave merging with other waves until it becomes indistinguishable from the countless, infinite tides of the universe.

So, no, Incubator doesn’t matter.

But I don’t care about Incubator because it’s important. I care because I’m here in this body for a while and I’d like to care about something.

I’d like to be in an environment that makes me feel good. And being in a community, surrounded by music feels better than anything else I’ve experienced. 

Paradoxically, something that’s helped me manifest this is regularly acknowledging it doesn’t matter.

When you believe something matters, you’re more likely to strain and cling to get what you perceive to be a positive outcome. You’re more likely to get upset when things don’t go the way you wanted them to. And you’re less likely to be present because at some level, you’re too invested.  

So when you’re worrying then remind the outcome doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, the stakes feel lower and you can relax into the moment.

I hate to tell you like this, but adult life is just one continuous loop of getting caught up in the chase of what you want then remembering you don’t need it because you don’t need anything.

It doesn’t really matter if you get it or not. We’re want machines, organic computers designed to get. 

But to work well, we need to occasionally return to an internal place where everything is okay…before giving into the pull to start the chase again.

This post is a reminder that healthy detachment can help you get what you want. 

It’s also a reminder that you can create your meaning simply by choosing something to believe in. And it doesn’t have to matter for you to believe in it.