Thought Diary - Upside Down Snow Globe

Random is defined by a chance process. We do not know what exactly will happen next, but we can assign a probability that approximates the distribution of the chance process in the long run.  In life, not many things follow probability. Dice rolls may be random, but within a game that rolls the dice a hundred times, the results are not uniform at all. We can say that the game is random, and it takes luck to win the game.  Photo by me from Pixel 2 XL. Luck.  Many see luck as an abstract cause of something good that happened. You met the right person at the right time today? That's luck.  Others see luck as the intersection of opportunity and preparation. You met the right person at the right time, because you have been preparing for potential meetings directly or indirectly and acted upon the opportunity that came up.  Either way, cause and effect relationships cannot perfectly explain events in life. That is the reason we use "luck" and ...

The Choosing Game is easy to play. Your actions, or lack of action, are permanent choices.  Your actions are limited by existing guidelines.  Time moves in one direction.  That yet. The game that is so simple to play leaves us contemplating ceaselessly. The most worrisome choices are the ones that involve a significant portion of our life's asset, which includes time and energy.  If I choose to do this for five weeks, I am putting five weeks of my life on the line. In the end, I may be satisfied or dissatisfied with my investment. The uncertainty of satisfaction drives the pressure for us to make good choices.  Snow Light  by me from Pixel 2 XL. Good choices.  Good choices make us happier and more fulfilled. Bad choices make us regret. Naturally, we want to make good choices, but The Choosing Game is not like Chess. There is not a universal end goal to "win," and there are nearly infinite possibilities of choices.  What...

Cliches are true. Things are prettier after a storm. I experienced a "winter" storm just the past and lost electricity and WiFi for about 4 days. When I saw the street lamps light up, my heart burst with excitement. I cavorted around. I felt so happy.  Photo by me from Pixel 2 XL. Even the sunset.  I swear after a storm, the sunset looks prettier. There are more flat clouds and they take on the glow of the waning sun.  Intensity is relative.  Maybe it is just perception. When we turn on the lights at night, we quint our eyes to protect them from the intense light.  Relativity never ends.  Talking about relativity is getting boring. After all, everything is relative. Everything is pointing towards the obvious that our experiences in life are relative. Our perceptions are relative. And relativity is beautiful.  Even in the worst of situations, there can emerge the best thing. 

Giving up is harder than it sounds. Most of the time when you think you have given up, you are probably just being lazy. Giving up is more than just being lazy. Giving up is making a firm choice. Giving up is deciding that you will no longer be hindered by an excuse and you will move on. Art from Children Who Chase Lost Voices. When you give up, you have fewer excuses.  Sometimes, we follow through with something because we are scared to give up. We are scared to lose a part of us even if that part of us does not provide us with satisfaction and fulfillment. We do not want to dive into the cold pool. We do not want to step outside into the uncertainty.  We hang on to our excuse.  "I am so done."  "I am tired."  "I will rest a little bit."  "I still have tomorrow to do it."  "I didn't want it that much anyways." We constantly make excuses to justify our laziness. Instead of following through with a challe...