Is it "likely" or "unlikely" that there is anything at all? Take reality by the hand and consider that there could easily be nothing at all.  No sands of time, no matter, no energy.  Nothing.

...but instead of nothing at all, here we find ourselves in reality.  Not merely existing but conscious no less... 

reality should be taken as a sort of celebration of itself.  

it's a dance of atoms coordinating themselves according to taste.  

reality is the emergent fantasy of the universe and we are its unlikely conduits.  the universe performs its magic and exists animated in time. it's energy is the core of our reality and the secret to reality is its mastery.    

 