The Cosmos...
Derived from the Greek verb "to order",
"to arrange",
"to harmonize".
The Cosmos, in all its immensurable vastness
is composed of billions of galaxies,
which, in turn, are composed
of millions of solar systems,
composed of hundreds
of thousands of stars...
... all in harmony.
Planet Earth...
A small, suspended dome
to which the Cosmos, in all its wisdom
has conferred its greatest creation,
and perhaps its true purpose...
... Life.
By way of an infinite current of events
which stretches endlessly
beyond our comprehension,
at one point, there came to be...
... us.
We human beings,
the result of billions of years of evolution,
transformation and transmutation,
have been looking up at the skies in wonder
ever since our very emergence as a species.
We have been equally blessed and cursed
with an eternal thirst for knowledge.
And that thirst is what drives us...
... further.
What lies beyond our star-scattered skies?
Who was it that created us?
And who created our creators?
Today we are able to glimpse,
even if only in passing,
The extent of colossal...
... cosmic ...
... creation.
The meaning of Life itself...
... could it be just around
the next intergalactic corner?
From Copernicus to Galileo...
... from Newton to Einstein ...
... from Sagan to Hawking,
our planet's most curious and brilliant minds,
over the expanse of our existence
as children of the Cosmos,
collaborated tirelessly
in the effort to get us ever closer
to finally reaching the starry skies.
It's as if the sweat of our brows,
the collective grinding of our teeth,
and the arduous labor of our hands
have all led to this one instant.
This sublime moment.
Ah... What a moment!
Rejoice, Earthlings.  Be hearty,
and always look ahead
with an adventurous eye,
a steady and unfaltering step,
and a relentless will...
... to conquer.
If Father Cosmos had a voice
we might hear him say :
"Congratulations, humans!"
It has been a long and arduous journey,
but it's finally over.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is it.
We have come to the beautiful
and fascinating conclusion
of the first
Intergalactic Dodgeball League finals!
