...in a nutshell

13 billion years ago, an unimaginable amount of energy was required to start a great explosion. soon afterwards, amid a shower of light and heat, the first atoms started to appear, and in a slow, yet amazingly fast process, spanning from the incredibly small to the incredibly huge, energy started to decay into matter forming stars, planets and galaxies.

the milky way appeared, and in the outskirts of one of its thousands “legs”, a solar system inhabited by a single star called “sun”, became home of a tiny blue planet among giants: earth, the third planet closest to the sun.

it was a quiet and silent planet, filled with water until when, 4 billion years ago, coming from the dark depths of the universe, a small planet collided with it, creating the moon and the tides: the conditions of life were set in place.

as in all amazingly beautiful things in the universe, and just 500 million years after, small micro organisms that lived in the water, started to evolve into more complex life forms. fish appeared and monstrous beasts dominated the waters. with the continuous evolution of the atmosphere, this earth started to cool down, and masses of land erupted from the waters.

life is always changing and, challenging the conditions and borders of its limitations, the beasts started to get out of the water searching for food, and in an amazing and complex evolution, huge birds and animals, started their reign in a whole and foreign new world.

but old universe, is both beautiful and treacherous, and for the second time since its birth, a dark asteroid hit the earth, killing most of its life and engulfing it in a dark and cold cloud for ages. however, some species endured, and in the wake of a new challenging era, where most of the giants have disappeared, life brought a new element: man. this frail, and seemingly weaker creature, the first [known] intelligent life form, started to look around, and made earth its home.

man’s curiosity, eagerness, and feelings were insatiable. he learned to control its surrounding, learned to live together and work together as one. roaming small tribes and gatherings started to grow, and as they discovered fire and the wheel, they managed to get healthier, to hunt and to grow food, get more nurtured, to think strategically and settling in.

its challenging, inquisitiveness spirit and restless soul, lead him to explore, to rationalize, to explain and even to try to imitate the natural events around him, fostering the evolution of science and religion. paintings and music followed short as man sough ways to express himself, to show and enjoy [or even hate] all the feelings and beauty he held in his own private universe to the likes of him.

from small scattered villages, to full empires, rich in culture, arts and science. millions of generations, passed on their legacy, trying to fit in, to find their own place and to evolve in a never ending search for godliness and perfection.

but universe and life, are always changing and surprising, and so, in a not so particular point of time, a little more than 30 years ago, either by chance or by a twist of fate, something that had been happening for thousands of years occurred: two people fell in love. and from their love a girl was born.

You were born.
…and the universe started to make sense