Round and Round

I'm told that the moon orbits the earth, the earth orbits the sun, and the sun orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy. On a much tinier level, I'm told that an atom consists of electrons orbiting around a nucleus of protons and neutrons.

If all this is true, it certainly explains why humans always seem to go round in circles and can never finish anything important (like ending poverty or rush hour traffic). It also explains why the 100-meter dash is so thrilling: (1) starting gun, (2) everybody runs in a straight line for 9-10 seconds, (3) the winner breaks the tape. A less thrilling, but equally satisfying, example is walking to your local hardware store, buying a hammer, walking home, and pounding a nail so you can hang your framed Magritte poster. Boom! Mission accomplished.

If you want my opinion (and why wouldn't you, if I was truly created in your image?), I think we're destined for misery as long as we remain out of sync with the fundamental principles of the universe. To be in perfect harmony, humans need to be orbiting one another. I'm not sure how practical this would be. Just thinking out loud here... I see children orbiting their parents throughout the day, and parents orbiting their neighbors (or maybe their parents, or even their supervisors if they work outside the home). Neighborhoods could orbit other neighborhoods, cities could orbit cities, supervisors could orbit supervisors, businesses could orbit businesses, and so forth. Clearly, I'm out of my element here. But I'm sure you can figure it out. That's why we call you God!