Monday, June 6, 2011

Newton's Third Law



I never thought I would learn one of the most valuable lessons about humanity from one of the greatest physicists to ever exist, but I am.

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
-Albert Einstein


Maybe Newton's third law applies to more than just physics equations.  "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."  Physics was not my best subject in school, but if this is a so called "Law of Physics," doesn't that mean it applies to everything?  I think so.


I guess what I'm saying is that we never know how our actions are going to effect the world.   We can't know how, but we must know that they will.  All we can do is wake up every morning and pray that God will use us in a way that will help those around us and be open to follow what he tells us.  And if we do that, hopefully we will be able to widen "our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

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