Take a handful of earth, and come with me.
Many people think earth is all the same everywhere, and many people don't think about the earth at night. At night, people might sleep, and animals might sleep, fires are put out, but the earth does not sleep. The earth is the same, always. It may be in the form of boulders, or in pebbles, or in sand, but earth is always there.
There is a continuous cycle of earth, where rock is created from cooled magma. Then, it turns into sediment, and then sedimentary rock. That rock then turns into metamorphious rock through heat and pressure, and is melted again into magma. Earth is continuous, and everlasting.
Come with me.