Learning & Living

I considered learning to live or living to learn. Both felt inadequate, somewhat antiquated, maybe even cliched. But that's all right, if they're true.

Not quite, though. Neither defines the other, though both augment each other. I could play a lot of linguistic games right now, but I'll resist.

Here's what I mean to say: I'm learning so much lately, I scarcely know what to do with myself. Except keep diving for greater, clearer knowledge. Allow me to give a few samples.

1) It is not only possible to live well in America without owning a car. It is preferable. It will almost certainly make your life better. Search for Chris Balish. Please.

2) I am atoms that like each other so much, they've decided to remain close knit for as long as my physical form flourishes. I fail to fully represent my gratitude when I thank them.

3) I am at once a small fraction and the ultimate source of love.

4) Zooplankton, the ocean's smallest organism, now feast on plastic, closing the cycle. All creatures' innards across the globe are working to find a solution to humanity's greatest, most durable, lavishly abundant polymer.

5) No matter what they've held, or how hard they've striven, your hands are delicate. I only see this when I listen deeply.

6) I feel closer to trees than monkeys. Monkeys are closer to trees than me. On a level of pure kinship, I'm not sure how this can be.

7) Humans are transitioning. Is primality compatible with intellect? Can the drive to survive, seek, & copulate, alongside perfect energetic neo-cortical existence, co-create global unity?

8) An act of passion or sincerity, no matter its substance, breeds change. Everyday, every moment, every action, I do the world a favor if I select a smile.

9) Non-profits need systems of management. I am creating a membership plan for the OMNI Center.

9 part 2) The most supple organizations lack leadership, and thus any form of rationally understood "organization." With this fundamental defiance, they are unstoppable. But how do plans work for the undefined?

9 part 3) The definitions of rational and irrational are rapidly changing. "Organization" is far more fluid than I could have ever imagined.

10) I may never see you again. That's okay. Let's hold together, just for the while we share, and shine.

Learning is an arresting process. It always involves you, me, and everything else. I only hope that, when faced with the powerful immediacy of you, and the presence of me I am blessed to welcome always, I do not forget everything else.

I know nothing with greater certainty: tomorrow will be wonderful.

~Ryan