Every breath of air that I inhale contains atoms of oxygen and nitrogen and who knows whatever else, all atoms, that predate my own today's existence by billions of years. When I drink water, the hydrogen and oxygen atoms were ancient before I was born. And when I exhale or perspire, the atoms that leave my body and return to the world in common do so remaining unchanged by being me for a short time.
I am composed of parts more ancient than I can ever imagine. And they have met in me, coming from all parts of the universe to coalesce in this body for a short time. Every instant, the person that is me is a dynamic conglomeration of mass and energy, changing constantly. When I am born, I accumulate a certain amount of particles to allow my spirit to call a body "home". When I die, my body's particles, having been only borrowed, return to the cosmos.
My spirit puts some serious thought into the next step.
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