Nice life

Ethan was curious how big the moon was compared to the earth, so we hopped on the web to find out. Naturally that led to him being curious about the size of the sun, then the other planets.

Soon we were watching videos that show the relative sizes of each planet with the sun, then other stars. Ethan would laugh out loud as each new heavenly body dwarfed the ones before it. That brought two bright faced happy and fascinated little sisters poking their heads in and laughing just to support him.

Amber said "That is my life." That is what home life is on a regular basis.

Nice life!

Education isn't something you "get"

It is something you "do".



"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."
(Jim Rohn)


I have bought into these concepts for as long as as I have been old enough to criticize schools.

OM Mooo

As I get older, there are more times when my voice resonates deeply in my chest. Now I better understand the ancient practice of chanting "OM" and why the practice seems to be dominated by males. It feels good when that deep voice vibrates every bone and nerve in the chest.

Cows may be on to something.
Many times lately, I just get the urge to belt out a long deep "MOOOOO". It feels even better than "OM". It resonates deeper. It is more expressive. It helps clear cloudy feelings. Maybe cows have it figured out and we are doing it backwards.

This morning I was soaking in the tub. The resonance was wonderful. I was OMing and MOOing to my heart's content. Then I noticed...
When MOOing, the flow of energy is outwards; like expressing emotions. When OMing, the flow is inwards; like learning.

That must be useful insight.

Wind

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The pessimist complains about the wind.
The optimist expects it to change.
The leader adjusts the sails.
~John Maxwell~


The winds of change are blowing.
Let's adjust our sails.

The life stages of time flies

I was just wondering...
If time flies are the adult stage...
Is there such a thing as time maggots?
and time pupae?


Time eggs:
Little bitty nuggets of time; rich with promise and hope for the future. It is a quiet stage where ideas stay confined and just incubate.

Time maggots:
Ideas hatch from their shell. Forever hungry, they consume enormous amounts of time, recycling it into new body of knowledge. Eventually they get satiated and form...

Time pupae:
Another quiet stage to develop and metamorphise. Eventually they emerge as adult...

Time flies:
This is the adult form, where ideas really take flight. Life gets buzzier as time scatters to the winds. Time flies spread germs of ideas, pollinate, annoy people, feast, travel, procreate. Along the way they find nourishing bodies of time in which they lay their fertile ideas;
More time eggs.

Infested with time flies

Spring gets kinda busy

Inspiration to write ebbs and flows. So does available time.
Suddenly a whole month has gone by and inspiration never intersected with time.

Be that as it may, I do love to write ideas and feelings. Insights that I never expected tend to flow out of the pencil, or the keyboard.

I'm up for some good insight.