...to not make any resolutions on a cosmologically arbitrary day. Because science has everything figured out so much more than people. Or does it?
Science is one big system of cause and effect. It seems quite objective, and does not care what we think about it. It's going to do its sciencing all over anyway. People have figured out how to do stuff with science, a lot of very cool stuff and a lot of very lame stuff. Science works how it works, and is what it is. Science is like language in the way that it's full of grammatical rules, but there are always exceptions. The exceptions interest me.
It has somewhat recently come to my attention that many of the people who I thought had it all together don't necessarily have it all together (and that I was one of those people who others thought had it all together). I have reevaluated my thinking, and concluded that nobody has it all together, or at least for very long. Having it all together comes and goes, at least in my experience. I'd like to meet someone who has it all together all the time. I bet even the most enlightened of us have wonky days. Perhaps it comes down to adaptability. If our inside forces can adapt to our outside forces effectively, that might look like having it all together.
I have this thought bubble floating around in my brain hole. With my disclaimer being I find many beautiful things about various religions, and much fulfillment in spiritual practices, my thought is a wonder about whether whatever divine name that might be used- including Science- has it all together. My take on science/religion/spirituality is that they are all equally True and valid, and useful as lenses with which to navigate the world. Maybe it's my subjective eyes that project not-having-it-togetherness, and limited scientific understanding that causes exceptions in all the rules (or that science has to think outside the box sometimes to keep the universe(s) balanced or whatever).
So, my overall point is I am very grateful for so much of 2014, even though I feel the switch between 2014 and 2015 is really arbitrary. I moved in to a dear friend's apartment when she moved out, and the apartment came with fond memories and amazing neighborfriends, who I considered downstairs roommates. A lot of my heart-healing happened there. I lived there wile student teaching, which was so full of passionate, supportive people and carpooling conversations that remembering the times always brings a smile to my face. My teaching job after graduating also brought passionate, supportive people in to my life, and I will be ever thankful. I ended working at the Greenhouse (how I would have loved to stay, but had to be a student!) with such beautiful, empowered women who loved coffee breaks. Oh, so so so much more, but I must go make a vegetable dip with which to wander this New Year's Eve.
Science is one big system of cause and effect. It seems quite objective, and does not care what we think about it. It's going to do its sciencing all over anyway. People have figured out how to do stuff with science, a lot of very cool stuff and a lot of very lame stuff. Science works how it works, and is what it is. Science is like language in the way that it's full of grammatical rules, but there are always exceptions. The exceptions interest me.
It has somewhat recently come to my attention that many of the people who I thought had it all together don't necessarily have it all together (and that I was one of those people who others thought had it all together). I have reevaluated my thinking, and concluded that nobody has it all together, or at least for very long. Having it all together comes and goes, at least in my experience. I'd like to meet someone who has it all together all the time. I bet even the most enlightened of us have wonky days. Perhaps it comes down to adaptability. If our inside forces can adapt to our outside forces effectively, that might look like having it all together.
I have this thought bubble floating around in my brain hole. With my disclaimer being I find many beautiful things about various religions, and much fulfillment in spiritual practices, my thought is a wonder about whether whatever divine name that might be used- including Science- has it all together. My take on science/religion/spirituality is that they are all equally True and valid, and useful as lenses with which to navigate the world. Maybe it's my subjective eyes that project not-having-it-togetherness, and limited scientific understanding that causes exceptions in all the rules (or that science has to think outside the box sometimes to keep the universe(s) balanced or whatever).
So, my overall point is I am very grateful for so much of 2014, even though I feel the switch between 2014 and 2015 is really arbitrary. I moved in to a dear friend's apartment when she moved out, and the apartment came with fond memories and amazing neighborfriends, who I considered downstairs roommates. A lot of my heart-healing happened there. I lived there wile student teaching, which was so full of passionate, supportive people and carpooling conversations that remembering the times always brings a smile to my face. My teaching job after graduating also brought passionate, supportive people in to my life, and I will be ever thankful. I ended working at the Greenhouse (how I would have loved to stay, but had to be a student!) with such beautiful, empowered women who loved coffee breaks. Oh, so so so much more, but I must go make a vegetable dip with which to wander this New Year's Eve.