A myriad of bubbles were floating on the surface of a stream all looking the same. 'What are you?' I cried to them as they drifted by. 'I am a bubble, of course' nearly all the bubbles answered in unison, but there was surprise and indignation in their voices as they passed.
Yet, here and there, a lonely bubble answered, 'We are this stream'.There was neither surprise nor indignation in its voice. Just a quiet certitude. - Wei Wu Wei-
It is hard for humans to see themselves as insignificant. Easy to see ourselves as important. We aren't either. Then again, neither are the insects, the animals, the bacteria, or anything else for that matter. WE ALL MATTER! WE ALL MATTER EQUALLY! AHO!