Backstreet Alchemy: Istanbul Breezes — Finding Treasure in the Everyday　37

37.Starry Prologue: We, the Beginning

On my way home from work, I exchanged farewells with a friend on the lively streets of Moda. "Good work today, see you tomorrow," the words melted into the night breeze as their silhouette faded beyond the streetlights. Looking up into the stillness that followed, a star-studded sky unfurled—so vast it felt like the very depths of the cosmos were breathing. The wind over the Bosphorus carried the scent of a crisp, starlit night.

Turning the Everyday into Gold

We often think of ourselves as the "result" or "finished product" of billions of years of cosmic evolution. Yet, the moment you look up and assign "meaning" to that starlight, calling it "beautiful," the universe ceases to be a mere collection of matter and welcomes its true "beginning" as a narrative.

Cognition generates the world. When you gaze at the stars, the universe begins to breathe within your heart, moving with a new purpose. You are not the destination the universe reached; you are the grand prologue that decides what form the universe will take from here on. Even in the midst of busy workdays, the night sky reminds you: today, you hold the "light of life" to start this world anew.