Question

Douglas Adams (1952–2001), author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, compared humans to a puddle of water as a way of illustrating anthropocentric thinking, or what he called “the vain conceit” of humans.

He wrote: "Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in. It fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact, it fits me staggeringly well. It must have been made to have me in it.” Even as the sun comes out and the puddle gets smaller, it still frantically hangs on to the idea that everything is going to be all right; that the world was made for it since it is so well suited to it."

Answer 1

Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in. It fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact, it fits me staggeringly well. It must have been made to have me in it.” Even as the sun comes out and the puddle gets smaller, it still frantically hangs on to the idea that everything is going to be all right; that the world was made for it since it is so well suited to it."

The author very well talked about the fact that God has vividly created this whole world with some meaning by explaining the contextual talk of a puddle. It tells about the fact that how we as a human should be more grateful to what we are. We shouldbe happier and cherish each and every moment that God is giving us to live. Every part of this nature, from being a small atom to the whole structure of the universe, it fits to perfectly well. Have you ever thought about the fact if the earth would be 1 am right or left from its current position, it won't be able to hold the living life? How much of a possibility it is that it is as the perfect position having the perfect temperature and climate to hold and sustain the living life of animals. It must have have been made to have all of us to live. Even as many problems arrive in our life like the sun for that puddle, we still have to see on the bright side of what good will be the consequences behind it. It is very beautifully said that God is like a Teacher, and Teacher is always silent at the time of the test. Thus, God is always with you, with all only to test you and make you stronger for the better life ahead.