Just as i finally was starting to realise that everyone dies.. i started to notice that i am becoming more in tune with the whole shebang.. like sort of psychic. ..getting more wordle words on fewer tries.. thinking about some obscure celebrity and they show up on tv a day later.. moving my cursor ahead in a video to see if i can find the info i am looking for and it is just right where i stop ? lol and its not even weird.
When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the small space which I fill, or even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified, and wonder that I am here rather than there, for there is no reason why here rather than there, or now rather than then. – Pascal
There is nothing insignificant about a single, individual life. WE are all amazing creatures, made Imago Dei – in the Image of God. Each of us has amazing potential that produces, that loves, that aspires and that inspires. In the history of the Universe, we have been here but a small sliver of time but we have done so much…..reaching to the stars themselves.
NE\ever all for the “I am an insignificant” trope. We are blessed and each of us is fearfully and wonderfully made.
We’re small, but that doesn’t mean we’re insignificant. Humans account for only about 0.01% of the biomass in the world, but we have had a bigger effect on the planet than any other species that has ever lived.
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” – Albert Einstein
Time stretches to infinity while we are young, each day is such a large part of the life. As we age time compresses, each day is such an insignificant part of our life. (That is unless you are like me and recently snapped your fascia tendon. PAIN!!!!) That is a significant day.
It reminds me of when I was really young and my parents would pack us into the car, go out into the country (now unfortunately, suburbs), and see the stars at night…
Seems crazy, doesn’t it? To be so small in an infinite universe, and yet, still be noticed and loved. Calvin, you’re a player in this universal schema we call life!
Dust Speck’s Significance Matters! Just yesterday The Count had The Help put a new filter in Chateau Count’s HVAC. Last one, had to order four more on Amazon. $71!!! Now tell The Count there’s no such thing as Inflation when they were about $40-50 last time The Count ordered.
Every dust speck is significant because it is part of the whole. Cosmically, we all do our part. If you need a specific reason or purpose for your existence, find it.
A little speck of dust taking up space that if gone would mean a hole, and holes in space turn black and could suck in the entire galaxy so Hold the Line!
Our whole solar system can be described as an ordinary middle-aged yellow dwarf star on the outskirts of the galaxy containing four major planets plus debris.
you are loved by Jesus who is God in the flesh, who went through the whole death thing just to prove it; especially to those that follows rituals and believe only in what they see in front of their eyes
sad if you think this way, you are loved so much. I love you and I don’t even see you. The person reading this: I love you and I don’t even know you. I treasure you and think you have worth. Seek God, who does not force Himself upon you, but ‘stands at the door and knocks’
BE THIS GUY 12 months ago
I close my eyes
Only for a moment, and the moment’s gone
All my dreams
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind
codycab 12 months ago
You’ll need to prove yourself, Calvin.
Alexander the Good Enough 12 months ago
Not even that, Calvin, when you consider that there are far more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches in the world.
Robert4170 12 months ago
Typical Watterson misanthropy. Based on his logic, everything he’s done has no significance.
lalapalooza Premium Member 12 months ago
Just as i finally was starting to realise that everyone dies.. i started to notice that i am becoming more in tune with the whole shebang.. like sort of psychic. ..getting more wordle words on fewer tries.. thinking about some obscure celebrity and they show up on tv a day later.. moving my cursor ahead in a video to see if i can find the info i am looking for and it is just right where i stop ? lol and its not even weird.
Imagine 12 months ago
A dust speck created by a star.
Johnny Q Premium Member 12 months ago
The louder you say it, the less confident you are…
snsurone76 12 months ago
There was a rabbi who kept two scraps of paper. One read “For me the world was created.” and the other read “I am but dust and ashes.”
corpcookie 12 months ago
Lol
Zykoic 12 months ago
It’s a big universe.
Bilan 12 months ago
Calvin is significant. He’s been a 6 year-old for about 28 years.
It’s us GoComic readers living vicariously through him that have a problem.
BigDaveGlass 12 months ago
We are stars…
GreggW Premium Member 12 months ago
When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the small space which I fill, or even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified, and wonder that I am here rather than there, for there is no reason why here rather than there, or now rather than then. – Pascal
VegaAlopex 12 months ago
Calvin discovers the fun and reality of astronomy.
mrwiskers 12 months ago
If all we do is so insignificant, why does it seem so important?
cdward 12 months ago
Just existing is significant. To someone. I can’t be bothered trying to be significant to the entire universe.
scote1379 Premium Member 12 months ago
Way to Build up your self-esteem !
Lomax9er7 12 months ago
Or… diamond in the ruff…
Free or Not? Premium Member 12 months ago
There is nothing insignificant about a single, individual life. WE are all amazing creatures, made Imago Dei – in the Image of God. Each of us has amazing potential that produces, that loves, that aspires and that inspires. In the history of the Universe, we have been here but a small sliver of time but we have done so much…..reaching to the stars themselves.
NE\ever all for the “I am an insignificant” trope. We are blessed and each of us is fearfully and wonderfully made.
Purple People Eater 12 months ago
We’re small, but that doesn’t mean we’re insignificant. Humans account for only about 0.01% of the biomass in the world, but we have had a bigger effect on the planet than any other species that has ever lived.
WDDIM 12 months ago
Yop!
Gandalf 12 months ago
A man said to the universe, Sir, I exist….The universe replied: So what!!!!???!!! With apologies to Stephen Crane
uniquename 12 months ago
If you went away Calvin, there are people that would miss you. There is no greater significance.
tripwire45 12 months ago
Everyone on twitter/X.
dflak 12 months ago
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” – Albert Einstein
Just-me 12 months ago
_I Am…I Said _ by Neil Diamond.
“I am”… I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
“I am”… I cried
“I am”… said I
And I am lost and I can’t
Even say why
Can't Sleep 12 months ago
Welcome to reality.
TMMILLER Premium Member 12 months ago
Time stretches to infinity while we are young, each day is such a large part of the life. As we age time compresses, each day is such an insignificant part of our life. (That is unless you are like me and recently snapped your fascia tendon. PAIN!!!!) That is a significant day.
A Hip loving Canadian... 12 months ago
Hello cruel world… or something equally insignificant for this particular moment.
dwdl21 12 months ago
If more people understood just how insignificant we are in the cosmos, there’d be a lot less war.
Spence12 Premium Member 12 months ago
God loves you, Calvin.
jagedlo 12 months ago
It reminds me of when I was really young and my parents would pack us into the car, go out into the country (now unfortunately, suburbs), and see the stars at night…
Malph 12 months ago
That must mean all politicians and most “news” anchors are hairballs.
smsrt 12 months ago
Seems crazy, doesn’t it? To be so small in an infinite universe, and yet, still be noticed and loved. Calvin, you’re a player in this universal schema we call life!
Bruce1253 12 months ago
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead
David_the_CAD 12 months ago
We are here! We are here! We are here!
sandpiper 12 months ago
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
War Is Kind, Stanza 96 – [Stephen Crane (1871-1900)]
gantech 12 months ago
Horton hears a Who….
Count Olaf Premium Member 12 months ago
Dust Speck’s Significance Matters! Just yesterday The Count had The Help put a new filter in Chateau Count’s HVAC. Last one, had to order four more on Amazon. $71!!! Now tell The Count there’s no such thing as Inflation when they were about $40-50 last time The Count ordered.
figuratively speaking 12 months ago
Every dust speck is significant because it is part of the whole. Cosmically, we all do our part. If you need a specific reason or purpose for your existence, find it.
Publius10608218 12 months ago
A little speck of dust taking up space that if gone would mean a hole, and holes in space turn black and could suck in the entire galaxy so Hold the Line!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 12 months ago
If you’re going to be a dust speck, be an annoying one. Get in the universes eye.
gregcomn 12 months ago
“We are but a moment’s sunlight/fading in the grass. . . .”
LKrueger41 12 months ago
Thank you, Calvin, for speaking for all of us who reside on this speck of dust.
The Wolf In Your Midst 12 months ago
We will obliterate ourselves and the universe will not do us the favor of ceasing to exist out of respect.
KEA 12 months ago
When I was a kid I believed in reincarnation because otherwise life would be "stupid"… later I realized life is “stupid” and got over it.
old_geek 12 months ago
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales — Isaiah 40:15
Redd Panda 12 months ago
We are all StarDust !
Jacob Mattingly 12 months ago
One of the strip’s best. Simple, powerful and still hilarious.
jscarff57 Premium Member 12 months ago
Calvin didn’t have a Tik Tok account
mistercatworks 12 months ago
" … ificant … ificant …ific .. as if."
anomaly 12 months ago
Two dust specks collide and create a mini-vortex which builds into a massive storm system. C’est la vie.
minty_Joe 12 months ago
“Yakko’s Universe” by Randy Rogel.
bt 12 months ago
This gets at the core of why some people want to believe the earth is flat.
TommyEfreeti 12 months ago
The Infinite cannot feel infinitisemal without finitude
g04922 12 months ago
Like Carl Sagan said, “We all are of Star dust.”…
dflak 12 months ago
Our whole solar system can be described as an ordinary middle-aged yellow dwarf star on the outskirts of the galaxy containing four major planets plus debris.
sirjackum 12 months ago
That’s profound.
lawguy05 12 months ago
ALL humans are significant, Calvin. Sickening that some in the world see it differently :-(
liberalnlovinit 12 months ago
Calvin, if you listened to Carl Sagan, you would know that we’re all “made of star stuff.”
Pretty significant, if you ask me…
EMGULS79 12 months ago
Calvin, read Psalm 8.
David Rickard Premium Member 12 months ago
Cosmic Horror: The comic strip
willie_mctell 12 months ago
Everything pales in size when compared to the infinite. Hilbert’s hotel, where there’s always room for one more, is a good introduction.
djlactin 12 months ago
On the scale of the universe, you don’t even amount to a dust speck.
munenushi 12 months ago
so sad if you really think this way….
you are loved by Jesus who is God in the flesh, who went through the whole death thing just to prove it; especially to those that follows rituals and believe only in what they see in front of their eyes
sad if you think this way, you are loved so much. I love you and I don’t even see you. The person reading this: I love you and I don’t even know you. I treasure you and think you have worth. Seek God, who does not force Himself upon you, but ‘stands at the door and knocks’
Peace to you all
PaintTheDust 12 months ago
You think you are, therefore you am (important, that is). That counts for something’.
erinurse2000 12 months ago
still…a person’s a person, no matter how small (h/t Horton and the Whos)