A few days ago, the sun blasted a 150,000km solar prominence perpendicular to the Earth. Thankfully, it was away from us as these eruptions have the potential to do some serious harm to the planet.

66 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Yucatan peninsula and eradicated all of the dinosaurs.

We’ve had many near misses since then.

However, things in the universe act on a cosmic scale, thousands to billions of years, allowing us with our modern understanding of science to predict these events. Mostly.

They’re still way out of our control, so it doesn’t even matter. For instance, our sun will expand out five billion years from now and incinerate the planet. Until then, we are here.

And for the short time we are here, we get to experience everything the universe has to offer and the problems of today are mere blips for us to wade through until the beauty of tomorrow.

Armed with intellect, compassion and imagination, we have all the tools we need to face another day. No doubt, some days are brutually tough and their effects can last for years.

But, if we can keep in mind a cosmic perspective, of which we are bound, we can face tomorrow knowing there is more to see and experience. Our world, especially our species, is a fragile one, subject to the whims of whatever the stars may bring.

The best we can do is stop fighting against it and flow with it, enjoying the ride and whatever may come.