Hey, it's Rowan.

So we know that life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

But the next best thing I found is a podcast called LifeKit from NPR.

The LifeKit podcast can help you tackle life-altering questions, or just your everyday pickles.

Each episode offers deeply human solutions to deeply human problems.

I think you'll find it really valuable.

So check out LifeKit, wherever you get your podcasts.

Everything about you has been here for the entirety of time.

And everything that you are will utterly vanish in the blink of an eye.

This is what you are.

There is nothing to do about it.

To be so significant and yet so insignificant all at once is the essence and the balance

of what it means to be alive.

I've always loved looking up at a clear night sky.

Full of stars, space and questions.

And few people know what's up there better than astronomer and science commentator Michelle

Thorler.

In today's episode, Michelle takes us up to the heavens to consider our significance

and connectedness in the universe whose scale means that human life is almost imperceptible.

In this series we blend immersive first person stories with mindfulness prompts to help you

recharge at any time of the day.

I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide for a meditative story.

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