While searching the pathways leading to the discovery of the meaning of life, this blog chanced upon the U.S. patent awarded to Hedy Kiesler Markey aka Hedy Lamarr |
Management of this blog is
often asked why do you “do” a daily blog?
That part of the question is verbalized, but what goes unsaid are two
more parts to the same query: why do you produce a blog with no rhyme or reason
as to what is published and why do you carry on when you don’t make no effort
to monetize the effort?
My answer is gauged by how
deeply furrowed the brow of the asker appears.
Simply, the name of the
blog is also a personal philosophy. I believe life is not predestined but
rather we cope with the daily surprises tossed in our path. Of course, life
involves planning and responsibilities. The house payment is due today. Is that
a surprise? For most of us it is a planned for obligation.
I’m speaking about the
unseen things and occurrences that happen daily. I take joy in the sunrise because I know I
have a full day ahead of me to enjoy the journey—rain or shine. I can be Henry Thoreau. I can quickly go outside after a big storm
and be involved with a baby hummingbird whose nest was broken by the wind. I rebuilt the nest and lately each morning
with coffee I see “Ernest Hummingbird” being fed by its mother.
Pollyanna? Perhaps.
My take on life is not to
agonize over questions that can’t be answered.
Where did life come from? Who
knows? Is there an after life? Who knows?
Is there a God? Many of us have
an answer: God. And much of humankind
has edited it down to one god after worshiping dozens of Greek, Mayan, Roman
deities in days of yore. I find no fun
in arguing with those who want to prove to me 40,000 angels are to be found on
the head of a pin. Why? Because God says so.
God is a convenient truth. [continued below]
Page one of Hedy Lamarr's patent |
“Martha, he just wrote God
has bad manners.”
Moving on.
Early in my career I
enjoyed being a reporter for a large California newspaper in San
Francisco. Each day there were different
stories to research and write. Many times I was tossed a topic I had absolutely
no knowledge of but I learned to cope by research.
Noah coping with the results of a random decision |
Hedy’s radio waves research
made me think of how is it possible for my wireless iPhone to work. I spent half an hour on how cellphones work.
Noah has to be admired for
coping 40 days and nights with the odors inside the ark. After learning that the ark landed in Turkey,
my mind wandered to my dream someday of taking the modern day version of the
Orient Express from Istanbul to Paris.
Like I said enjoy the
journey and be ready to cope with the randomness of life. If coping means planning sobeit. The more time you plan, the easier life
becomes...until...
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