Quoted from my physics textbook:
"Atoms and molecules in air zip around at speeds up to ten times the speed of sound. They spread rapidly, so oxygen that surrounds you today may have been halfway across the country a few days ago. Taking that further, your exhaled breaths of air quite soon mix with other atoms in the atmosphere. After the few years it takes for your breath to mix uniformly in the atmosphere, anyone, anywhere on Earth, who inhales a breath of air will take in, on the average, one of the atoms in that exhaled breath of yours."
Basically, every breath we take contains atoms that have at some time or another been a part of every person who ever lived. I think that is just beautiful. The interconnection of the universe just astounds me sometimes. Reminds me of this really cool song by Ani Difranco. "Looking for the Holes" Enjoy:
"I am looking for the holes
the holes in your jeans
because I want to know
are they worn out in the seat
or are they worn out in the knees?
there are so many ways to wear
what we've got before it's gone
to make use of what is there
you know I don't wear anything I can't wipe my hands on
do your policies fit between the headlines
are they written in newsprint, are they distant
mine are crossing an empty parking lot
they are a woman walking home
at night
alone
they are six string that sing
and wood that hums against my hipbone
we can't afford to do anyone harm
because we owe them our lives
each breath is recycled from someone else's lungs
are enemies are the very air in disguise
and you can talk a great philosophy
but if you can't be kind to people
every day
it doesn't mean that much to me
it's the little things you do
the little things you say
it's the love you give along the way
and when we patch things up
they say a job well done
but when we ask the question, "why?
where did the rips come from?"
they say we are subversive
and extreme, of course
we are just trying to track a problem to its source
because we know we can't sit back
and let people come to harm
we owe them our lives
each breath is recycled from someone else's lungs
our enemies are the very air
our enemies are the air
I am looking for the holes
the holes in your jeans
because I want to know
are they worn out in the seat
or are they worn out in the knees?"
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