Approximately 13.4 billion years ago, upwards of a vigintillion particles burst out of a singularity in a massive expansion of space and time theorized to be the beginnings of our universe. Travelling countless light years across the universe these particles all came to reside in our galaxy. Some united with stars, others with comets, and still others remained separate in the vast emptiness of space before, through all their own various means, their stellar pilgrimages came to an end on the confines of our planet. On our planet these particles took many different roles, from dinosaur skeleton to bursting magma, and continued their Odyssey to witness the beginnings of life and massive extinctions, and virtually anything you can imagine. Over another couple billion years, these particles came to form what we have come to call your common rock.

In the present this rock and every rock is a geological story in and of itself, some our fossils, others we’re from drying magma, while still others were the cohesion's of sedimentary layers. Scores of minerals form each of these simple rocks, each of which shares a particular history in the mythology, history, and science of mankind. This simple rock is theorized by many physicists to be engaged in quantum reactions with objects quite possibly galaxies away, and has almost a trillions neutrinos blasting through it every second. Indeed, if all the energy within this rock were to be suddenly unleashed, it would destroy all life on this planet in an unimaginable release of energy equating to e=mc2. The simple stone is currently in interplay with a constant stream of light, bringing about its apparent shapes, colors, and reflections to the human eye, in a complex pattern that would take an artist hours to give the appearance absolute realism. In its future its particles will traverse the rest of space and time in a story no less incredible than the one that lead to its formation.

This is not just one rock. It is any rock. Not to mention a massive simplifications of the different facets of said rock. Everything is this complex, if not more, so much that if one were to study something far similar for their entire lives, they would never come close to fully comprehending it. In fact if one were to learn everything there is to know about this rock, they would likely be able to infer more knowledge about are universe than has been written down across the course of human history.

Yet at the same level. It is just a rock, no more complex than anything else.

We as people like to refer to things as such: simply. It makes conversation easier, and thinking a lot less strenuous. However, it is this that causes many boredom and depression in our lives, if we simplify things to much, they are no longer interesting. When done with people our acting as if others our simple beings with clear and obvious desires keeps our heads from hurting, yet, in many ways, it is the dehumanization, categorization, and simplification of people that has caused abuse, killings, and genocide.

I theorize that if one could understand even a single particle in its entirety one could understand the whole universe. Indeed a single word on how to live our lives could be expanded upon to infer all the necessary aspects for living. Are universe, in its infinite complexity, is referred to in English with a compilation of only 3 syllables, yet at the same time it is everything, your loved ones, yourself, everything you’ve every seen, heard, and more.
However, my mere 19 years of life is far to little to assume that any of my ideas hold truth. Nothing can be known, not even this. All I can do is guess.

Its not what you see. But how you look at it.