Against All Odds: Why You Are a Miracle and Why That Matters

The Universe Shouldn’t Have Made You—But It Did

Jan 31, 2025

If you’re struggling—whether it’s addiction, anxiety, depression, or just the weight of existence—it’s easy to feel like nothing matters. Maybe you’ve convinced yourself that life is random, meaningless, and that your problems are inescapable.

But what if I told you that your very existence is one of the rarest occurrences in the universe? This isn’t just poetic philosophy. It’s science.

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Physicist Brian Cox explains in a discussion about the solar system that in most computer simulations, planets like Jupiter—our solar system’s largest gas giant—tend to migrate inward toward the Sun, wiping out smaller planets in their path. According to one of the most accepted theories about our solar system’s evolution, Jupiter nearly did just that, clearing out the region where Mars is today and potentially heading straight for Earth’s future orbit. But then something incredible happened.

Saturn pulled on Jupiter at just the right moment, stopping it from crashing further inward. The two gas giants then fell into their current orbits, stabilizing the solar system in a way that made Earth possible.

Had the gravitational forces been slightly different, had Jupiter moved just a little further in before Saturn’s pull, Earth might not exist. Life might not exist. You might not exist.

Brian Cox himself puts it bluntly:

“The chances of that happening are so minuscule—quite tiny.”

And yet, here you are.

Antarctica has over 400 subglacial lakes, some kept liquid by geothermal heat despite being sealed off from sunlight for over 100,000 years. Yet, even in this isolation, life persists.

The Rarity of Life & The Weight of Perspective

Most of the struggles we face—addiction, self-doubt, depression, anxiety—are real, but they are also deeply tied to the constructs of human society.

Money.
Status.
Expectations.
Regret.
Heartbreak.

These things matter because we have assigned meaning to them. But when you zoom out—when you look at the entire history of the universe, the near-impossible circumstances that allowed life to form, and the sheer statistical miracle of your own birth—those things suddenly shrink in comparison.

(for reference, the odds of a planet like Earth forming are 1 in a quintillion)

The universe is not designed for life. Life is an accident. An anomaly.

And that means if you are here, you have already beaten the odds.

So the real question is: Why waste your chance?

Addiction, Rock Bottom, and the Jupiter Analogy

Life can feel chaotic. Sometimes, it feels like everything is falling apart, like no matter what you do, you can’t escape the cycle of pain, addiction, or self-destruction. But think about Jupiter for a moment. Jupiter was falling inward. It could have obliterated Earth’s future orbit. It almost did.

But something pulled it back. Something stabilized it. And now, Jupiter’s very presence protects Earth from incoming asteroids and comets, acting as a cosmic shield. What if your rock bottom is just your own version of Jupiter’s fall?

What if you are still waiting for your Saturn moment—that force that pulls you back before it’s too late? For some, that moment comes in the form of rehab.
For others, it’s a person, a realization, or a chance they never thought they’d get. But it only happens if you give life the chance to stabilize.

You Are Not Trapped. You Are Just in Motion.

Right now, whatever you are struggling with might feel like the defining reality of your life.

But just like Jupiter and Saturn’s gravitational dance, you are not static. You are in motion. Your circumstances can shift. You can shift. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. But it does mean that nothing about your current struggle is permanent.

If planets can change their course and defy all odds to create something as rare as life, so can you.

Where Asana Recovery Comes In

If you’re struggling with addiction, depression, or a sense of meaninglessness, know this: You were not meant to exist. And yet, you do. That means your life is already extraordinary.

At Asana Recovery, we help people rediscover the value of their existence. Because when you realize how rare and irreplaceable you truly are, you start fighting to live—not just survive.

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Your Saturn moment could be waiting.

You just have to give it time to pull you back.

Final Thoughts

While writing this conclusion, I couldn’t help but think back to a phone call I had a few weeks ago. A patient called the admissions line, desperate to get into treatment. When I asked him why he had finally decided to seek help, his response left me speechless.

"Because if I don’t, I’m going to die… and I won’t get to raise my kids."

It was one of those moments that hit me hard. Here was someone who had been battling addiction for years, finally realizing that his time was running out. He wasn’t thinking about money, status, or what people might think of him. He was thinking about the only thing that truly mattered—his life, and the people who needed him to live it.

I’m not a religious person, but sometimes I wonder if there’s a version of hell that isn’t a lake of fire, but something far worse—a place where we exist, not in flesh but in consciousness, fully aware of the life we left behind and the choices we didn’t make. A universe where regret is the only thing that remains.

Maybe that’s why calls like his shake me to my core. Because if there’s even a chance that this life is our only shot, then why waste it?

Brian Cox’s explanation of our solar system is a reminder that existence itself is a miracle. The odds of life forming were astronomically low—and yet, here you are.

So next time the weight of your struggles feels too heavy, try zooming out.

You are part of something impossibly rare. You don’t have to waste it.

🎉Trivia Time!🎉

In Interstellar, time moves differently depending on gravity and speed. When Cooper and his team land on Miller’s planet, they experience extreme time dilation due to its proximity to a black hole.

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For every hour spent on Miller’s planet, approximately how many years pass on Earth?

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