Since life on Earth is, so far, the only known example of life in the universe, our dilemma may simply be that we have no other examples to compare us with. If we did, then the life/non-life transition might look downright simple to us.

It turns out that the history of astrophysics is where we perfected time keeping.

People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.

Curiosity is unknown. All adults were once kids and once curious, but as adults you don't remember that and you see curiosity when it's expressed in children as a pathway to household disaster. They're simply exploring their environment, manifesting their curiosity. So what you need to do is create an environment where curiosity is rewarded rather than punished, or thwarted.

Science is not a subject you took in school. It's life. We are wrapped by it, in it, with it.

I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about.

I'm just recommending you find other things to base your spirituality on, rather than where science is yet to tread.