Cheltenham HS

Life and Its Origins
 
 What is life and where did it come from? It is a 
 question that many have asked, but just when an answer 
 seems to be within our grasp it is replaced by more 
 questions. I have pondered this question many times and 
 I have come to my own unique conclusions. My answer 
 comes from my experiences, and my years on this Earth 
 have been relatively few, so I expect my answer to 
 change many times before I die, but not by much.
 
 As scientists we are able to determine if something 
 is alive, but what is it that makes something alive. 
 Life is something within us. Life is in and all around us.
 
 Inside of each person there are tiny specs of life at 
 work. All the tiny cells we have work together and 
 with out them we could not function. Even air we 
 breath is filled with life. It is a part of us and 
 shall never leave us. Even at our so called death we 
 live on not only mentally in the thoughts of others 
 and the actions that we performed, but also physically 
 in the ground that we nourish with our return to it. 
 Life is not different for every person. We are a part 
 of other people’s life and they are a part of ours. 
 Whether we realize it or not what we do and say 
 effects others and vice versa. Simply put we are 
 all a part of one spirit and it is a part of us.
 
 Life is truly a powerful force, but where did it come 
 from. The Bible says that all life was created by God, 
 but science says that life was probably started by 
 various chemicals coming together under the right 
 conditions and reacting to make the first signs of 
 life. To me the answer lies within a combination 
 of the two theories. At first the galaxy was a 
 compact ball of mass. Then after the big bang 
 many bits and pieces of rock were floating around 
 the galaxy. On of these pieces was the Earth. On 
 the Earth there were many different chemicals that 
 were in close proximity to each other. This was 
 where God comes in. God took those chemicals that 
 were inanimate in and of themselves and he added 
 something special from himself to them that without 
 it they could not be alive. Then he combined the 
 chemicals in such a way that they became the first 
 sign of life. As life continued God created more 
 and more different things out of the primordial 
 ooze. Soon the world was full of life. As life 
 continued the conditions of the world changed and 
 so the first beings adapted over millions of years 
 until the Earth became what it is today. Without 
 this special ingredient which came from God there 
 would be no life.
 
 Life is a very precious thing. Everything that 
 has life is interconnected in some way, shape or 
 form. The gift of life is one that no one 
 should waste.