This is part two of Robbie's blog on energy. It is clear from the responses of last week’s blog (or the lack thereof) that my topic was too heavy. Therefore, I’m scaling back a bit. I’ve collaborated with my dear friend Robbie Iobst (http://robbieiobst.blogspot.com/) to create a two-part blog on energy. Robbie is feeling the same way I am about blogging right now, so we put our heads together and came up with the following.
Energy. What is energy? According to Wikipedia, there are, “Several different forms of energy, including kinetic, potential, thermal, gravitational, sound energy, light energy, elastic, electromagnetic, chemical, nuclear, and mass have been defined to explain all known natural phenomena.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy)
Which one(s) do you have?
For me, there are days when I feel the gravitational force greatly…I move slower than molasses. I don’t have much thermal energy…I’m cold all the time. I have kinetic energy in that when I get going, I have a hard time stopping. I have a great deal of sound energy…just ask my kids about my yelling…I can even go nuclear with them (another type of energy). But what I have most is potential energy. In my head, I have many things in I want to accomplish.
Thus, we come back to the point of Robbie’s blog. Time and energy. I’m working on a couple of manuscripts now, and therefore haven’t done a great job of keeping up with my blog. Robbie is the same way. Our kids are off for the summer, which is cutting into the writing time too. It’s a great balancing act and there are times when I swear I hear circus music in the background.
Oh yeah, back to energy…
Wikipedia also defines conversation of energy: “While one form of energy may be transformed to another, the total energy remains the same. This principle, the conservation of energy, was first postulated in the early 19th century, and applies to any isolated system. According to Noether's theorem, the conservation of energy is a consequence of the fact that the laws of physics do not change over time.[2]”
At first, this was a scary thought. The “total energy” remains the same. That means that my synchronized juggling act is in danger all the time. What now?!!!
I’ll tell you what! I’m leaving it up to the Lord. It is a façade to think that I’m in charge. What I need to remember is that if the Lord wants me to finish all these tasks, then I will. I shouldn’t try to keep up with everything!
For all those people out there who suffer from the same “energy crisis” as I do…
STOP! Enjoy the weather, enjoy your family and have a glass of lemonade (or Red Bull if you think it will help).
Faith…science…Got questions? What would you like me to talk about? Leave suggestions and we’ll work on them together.
4 comments:
:0) What she said!!! Excellent, Loretta. Pardon me, I have run back into the circus tent!
I don't have ANY energy, but the thing about blogs is they run on momentum. The often more you blog, the easier it is. Really. It's scientific.
Also, it only takes me like 5 minutes a day. And when I have no creativity, I post something stupid. No problem.
Author Athol Dickson agrees with you, BTW. He mentioned it in his last post. But he doesn't post daily either. No momentum.
I'm a little overwhelmed myself. Hang in there but enjoy the summer because fall is just around the corner.
Very good stuff!!
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