Ok, something new today! Below is a set of numbers. I want you to tell me what they have in common. Here it goes:
( [49.417], [18,031], [432,744], [25,964,640], [1,557,878,400] ) Here is a second set of numbers...so consider this a bonus question. I am just going to list these since they are very big numbers! 4,540,000,000 1,657,100,000,000 39,770,400,000,000 2,386,224,000,000,000 143,173,440,000,000,000 Any guesses yet? No? Ok, here is a single number that will be my second to last set of numbers (I promise!) Stay with me here, I am going somewhere with this. If you make it to the end, I think you'll like this post. If not, then you will likely leave thinking I am a weirdo. The number is .00000001088% Alright, I am going to tie them all together for you here. The first set of numbers is how long I have been alive: 49.417 years 18,031 days 432,744 hours 25,964,640 minutes 1,557,878,400 seconds The second set of numbers is how long the earth has existed (using the current accepted estimate of the earth's age). The final number is the percentage of time I have existed in relation to the age of the earth. When looked at in this manner, does it really matter how old you are? Is the world going to end if you sleep in for five more minutes? No. But we are trained not to look at time in this way aren't we? We are taught to believe that our time on this earth has meaning... and it does! The meaning it has isn't in relation to the age of the earth or our time on it, though. The meaning of our lives relates to what we do while we are here... what we do for ourselves and what we do for others. Being on this earth a few years longer than another matters little. I have met people much older than me who are fools, and I have met people younger than me who are much smarter! In either case, it matters little. I can learn from both. What impact are you having on the lives of the people around you? Are you helpful? Or a hindrance? What roles do you play in life? Are you a teacher or sensei? Are you a student or loafer? A likable drunk or a drunken menace? An old soul or newly awakened? We can be all of these things at different times. What I believe is important is that we strive to better ourselves. Enhance our good qualities, while trying to limit our faults. Teach good habits and try to learn new things every day! So in a world of numbers, which number have the most meaning for me? They are: 5,116 4,971 1,922 The first is the number of days Sharon and I were together before she died. The second is the number of days that my daughter Madison has been alive, while the third is the number of days that Ashleigh has been alive. I pray that the second and third numbers continue to rise during my lifetime! Not to ramble too much, but if you want your time to be meaningful, then teach. Teach those you care about what you know! Teach those you don't care about those things as well! In the end, don't be like Roy Batty, one of the Replicants in Blade Runner. At the end of his time he lamented: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe! Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time...like tears in rain. Time to die!"
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
September 2021
Categories
All
|