If you are not familiar with this string of numbers it is the numerical definition of PI.
π is an irrational number, which means that its value cannot be expressed exactly.
My reason for choosing this as a topic to ponder on is because to me, life is very
much like PI.
Life is, and always will be, even if one chooses not to recognize all aspects of it,
they still remain. One trait about a perfect circle is that it can roll or spin yet it will
only touch a flat surface at exactly one point. To give you a perspective of your
standing on this earth all you need remember is that no matter how important
or successful you are you as a person will only ever occupy a few feet of the
planet at any given time.
Given the fact that the earth is 24,000 miles in circumference and there are 5280 feet
in a mile you are looking at 126,720,000 linear feet...It would take a human 800 days
to walk around the earth if 30 miles were traversed in a day.
Take into consideration it only takes the earth a span of 24 hours to complete one rotation.
So the next time you think that life coming at you at 1,000 miles per hour, it pretty much is.
My point in listing out all these numbers and definitions is to make a point.
You cannot change everything. You can however influence your immediate surroundings
and the people that you come into contact with, negatively or positively.
A persons impact in there life is not what they fashioned by hand, but what they fashioned
with their heart and mind. The legacy that is left behind will outlast any structure.
Sometimes we loose perspective, get wrapped up in the chaos of life and forget that
we are just one piece of a massive entity.To survive it is important to accept that there
are many things you cannot change or prevent and decide to focus your energy on the
things you can influence.
I find myself going through cycles where my mind begins to ponder on things that are out
of my control or even comprehension.
Before I know it I am stressed out and no longer productive.
Eventually I realize that I have digressed and make my way back to solid ground where I can
walk at ease and positively effect those around me, as it should be.
I am sorry if this was long winded. Sometimes it takes me a while to discover the true topic of
my ramblings.
Now I must sleep.
Goodnight,
E
Ecclesiastes talks about this. Life will always be full of so very many things with which one can get so wrapped up...so involved...that you lose focus of the really important things.
ReplyDeleteLife is full of such times and, more or less, that's OK. It is as it should be. What is really, really important is that this must NOT be ALL that life becomes.
The wise man's advice is to slow down and smell the flowers. Notice, all over again, that He who makes the flowers is worth the time you give Him...of yourself. When you allow yourself to be at this point of realization, then you will be "at ease and (able to) positively" affect those around you.
Ponder well, young man. These waters run true.