Don't be Pessimistic, be Realistic

How many times do you look at something good and wonder what you did to deserve it? Why has this wonderful thing happened to me? NOW, how many times have you thought (with anger) "Why is this happening to me? What did I do to deserve this?"

Sometimes it is hard to question the good stuff; look a gift horse in the mouth if you will. It is easy to do the opposite: "What have I done to deserve this?" "Why me?", but we shouldn't. It is far more important to look around us and see the good things. A pessimist may groan and moan, but they are not the ones who get things done. You need a bright outlook and a smile if you ever want to succeed. True, one must sometimes know when to give up, but face it, its not that often.

This is one of the positive things that religion has given us, a way to see our blessings. For that, I thank it. I am writing this because I need to be brighter, I need a smile on my face, its time to get out of the mud and take to the sky, WAKE UP ROWAN!

True Clocks

A watch is not a clock. Nothing we humans have created is a true clock. A true clock measures the passage of time by measuring the movement of time itself. Our clumsy "watches" don't do that at all. Our time keepers count the vibrations of tiny crystals of quartz. Atomic clocks in universities and labs count the vibrations of mercury or other finely tuned atoms. They all count something and then display the count to us in the time format we call seconds, minutes, hours. These measurements have no cosmic significance. Today, they are not even true fractions of the earth's day. They have become old relics, left over from the days when witches were burned at the stake. Our clocks may seem accurate and precise, but in fact these counters are very delicate and easy to screw up. A true clock will grant us huge insights into how our time works. This is not something we think about much.
Bringing you some insight,
torwch

FAWRE!!!

Our civilization is built on fire. Everything we use to live was born through electricity, welding, heat and ultimately, fire. Everything we touch has also been touched by fire, and most of it could not function without a moving, speedy little thing we call electricity, which is hugely dependent on fire, more on that later.

It is said that Nostradamus stole fire from the gods and gave us its secret. They, the gods, became angry and punished Nostradamus for a sizable portion of eternity. What were the gods afraid of? Would we become stronger, maybe rise against them? Would we question them?
Pretty much...

What is fire? What secret did the gods keep from us? It is pretty simple really. Fire takes oxygen from the air around us, mixes it with some carbon from whatever is burning and BAM! Instant heat, light and unfortunately some CO2.

With this source of warmth, our peoples flourished. Tools like axes that we scrapped together with rocks were reinvented. The coming of the Bronze Age propelled us up above the animals and into a class of organisms the like of which had never been seen... We were HUMAN, we are MAN!

Next time I feel like writing (next blog) will bring up the question "Could we encounter a civilization not based on fire???" See you then...
-Torwch