The Breath Before Existence

Before the world was born, there was only a long, quiet breath. It belonged to no one, yet carried the weight of everything that would ever be. When the first stars ignited, they weren’t created by fire but by the release of that ancient inhale. Philosophers claim that every human still contains within them a fragment of that first breath. Whenever someone pauses before making a choice — the small silence before a yes, the trembling moment before a no — the universe remembers its own hesitation. And in that tiny gap, existence holds its breath again, wondering what new world might be created from a single human decision.