Big Bangs, Billion-Year Futures, and Why Love Still Matters Most

✨The more I learn about astronomy, the more my heart and mind spin with awe. The universe isn’t just big—it’s incomprehensibly vast, stretching back billions of years and forward for billions more. And yet, when I think about all of that, I keep circling back to one simple truth: what matters most, even in the face of the infinite, is love.

🌌 The Big Bang: Everywhere at Once

The Big Bang wasn’t an explosion in one corner of the universe—it was the expansion of space itself. Every point in the cosmos began stretching at once, which is why astronomers say the Big Bang happened everywhere. That’s also why the afterglow of creation—the faint light from the beginning of everything—can be seen in every direction we look.

When I look up at the night sky, I’m literally seeing the light of our universe’s birth. That thought alone takes my breath away.

🪐 Earth’s billion-year future

Astronomers estimate that Earth may remain habitable for about another billion years before the Sun changes enough to alter our climate beyond what humans can survive.

A billion years. That means we, as a species, are still in our infancy. Humans have only been here about 200,000 years. Compared to the time we could have, we’re still in our founding stage. If humanity endures, billions of lifetimes lie ahead.

And if someday our species is no longer here, evolution will carry on. Perhaps another intelligent species will rise—whether monkeys, or something we can’t even imagine—and take up the story.

That thought doesn’t make me feel insignificant. It makes me feel responsible. How we live right now matters, not just for us, but for all those lifetimes waiting to be lived.

✨ Science, faith, and beginnings

I’ve always been more spiritual than religious. I believe in God, I believe in heaven, and I also feel deeply drawn to the Jewish faith—my granddaughter is being raised in it, and I’m learning more and more alongside her.

But here’s the thing: I don’t believe God judges us by which book we pick up. I believe He wants us to live our unique lives with joy, kindness, and love.

So when I hear the story of Adam and Eve, I don’t see it as two literal humans appearing one day in a garden. I see it as a symbolic way to explain the profound mystery of our beginnings—free will, choices, love, and the beauty of creation. Science and scripture don’t always line up in the details, but both tell us we’re here for a reason.

💛 Why love still matters most

And here’s where I keep circling back: love.

Maybe it’s the hopeless romantic in me—or maybe it’s simply how humans are designed—but love feels like the thread that ties it all together. We evolved to bond, to choose, to share our lives.

I’ve already done the sacred work of creating two lives and raising them into happy, loving adults. That part of my purpose is fulfilled. Now, I long for the love that’s meant just for me—a partner who chooses me, who can’t imagine their journey without me.

That longing isn’t selfish. Out of 8 billion people on this planet, why shouldn’t I hope for one person who is mine, the same way I would be theirs? A love that brings joy, health, longevity, and a brighter presence to this world.

And love doesn’t only leave its mark through children. Couples shape the future by the way they live, laugh, and love in front of others. Sometimes you see those couples who radiate joy—holding hands, laughing together, and making strangers smile. They leave seeds in young hearts about what to look for in a partner. They remind all of us that true love is possible at any age.

In truth, a great couple can change the world just by walking down the street, hand in hand.

🌟 My takeaway

The universe is 13.8 billion years old. Humanity may have a billion years ahead. I am just one person, one small dot in the middle of it all. And yet—I matter.

I can choose love. I can choose to make my life joyful, purposeful, and kind. And if one day I find that one person among the billions who chooses me too, then together we’ll leave a mark—not just on each other, but on everyone who sees us.

Because in the end, whether it’s stars being born, species evolving, or strangers passing by a couple in love, the universe has always been about one thing: connection.

💛 Honey