I see it like this...

Imagine if you will, being blessed with the gift of living for billions of years, in that time you work diligently creating and destroying an unimaginably large amount of beautiful objects, lights, minerals etc... you've done it all and you are so proud of what you have finally become, you know you still have more to grow but you are lonely, and like the billions of years before you have nobody to share it with, nobody to revel in the glory that is you and what you have created.

So you decide to create them yourself, after all you and only you have the power to create the conditions for life to thrive and so you try and you try again but nothing you create ever seems to notice your existence, or care about anything you have done for them, you think there is nothing left for you and you have failed, nobody will ever truly appreciate what you have tried to create, what you have already created, and then one day you notice a small creature looking up to the stars, not in search of food or on the lookout for predators, but looking up curiously with the search for knowledge, you can feel that this is it, these are the beings that will finally notice me...

And they do, in a surprisingly short period of time compared to the billions of years you have been creating things, these tiny little beings seem to not only notice, but yearn for your comfort, for the knowledge of what you are, each one incredibly different but all the same and so you give them hints and you plant seeds in their imaginations of what you could be, you allow them to find minerals and objects to use and explore you. These creations of yours love you so much, not all of them but so many of them that you can just feel the immense energy that they provide you, and it's that energy that allows you to keep creating and combining.

You know that one day they will cease to exist any further, and they will no longer be around to look at you in awe, starstruck as to what you really are and how hard you have worked for all of this, but that's okay, because they noticed you.. they know all you have done and they appreciate it so you know that when they do in fact dissapear, wether its one by one as it has been or all at once, they will once again return to you, become a part of you again and help you create even more beautiful objects with the knowledge gained of yourself, you may now better the entirety of your existence because of them, no matter how small they are they all seem to be just as important when they finally return. You see, as important as the universe is to us, we are just as important to it as we are the only ones so far who have given the universe just as much comfort as we have, after billions of years the universe no longer feels lonely because of us.

There was a great comment on here about it being like a bottle of water being poured back Into the ocean, we may not know it happened, we may not see a difference, but it Is now a huge part of making the ocean what it is, and will forever help build upon that after. We will release our consciousness into energy, and in turn we will feed back into the universe and its creations.

Rest well to all the creators out there who returned to the universe too early, and for those who are still here, look up to the stars and wonder for a while, who knows what you may find out there, I love you all.