Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms that construct the body, are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that exploded their chemically rich guts into the galaxy, enriching pristine gas clouds with the chemistry of life. So that we are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically. It’s not that we are better than the universe, we are part of the universe. We are in the universe and the universe is in us.
NOW is a good time to begin. The past happens so learn from it. The future is something you can't control. So the present is the time to make the best of your life.