Musings

     Next month I will be 45 and that age has made me realize what I consider to be “facts of life”. No, not the old tv series, but the real thing. First of all, age is relative, and you are only as young or old as you feel. I know some pretty young people who are quite wise for their age. You three know who you are. One person, I used to think was in that category, kept complaining about his age, and was younger then I. Sometimes the old can learn from the young, but often it is the other way around. The young person has to have that “teachable spirit”. The Japanese have discovered a great many things and we often “arrogant” Americans need to learn more respect. Just because we live in America doesn’t mean we have ALL the answers. That is not saying, that I don’t love my country or that I want to leave it! Every “OPEN-MINDED” person should strive to make there life, country, surroundings, etc. better. I am not saying that any of us are better then ANYONE else! The reverse is also true in my book. However, are we so high-minded as to believe that we can learn nothing from other cultures? Just as it is arrogant to think that, so it is to think that we are alone in the universe. Weather you believe in a god or not, we are still not alone.

     Newton’s 3rd LAW of entropy states: energy is never created or destroyed, it simply changes form. If you believe in science at all, this is a provable LAW not simply a theory that requires faith to believe it. Think about that statement for a while, imagine the religious ramifications for a moment. See what I mean? I’m not an expert in science or religion, but does one truly need to be an expert in anything to believe a certain way? Obviously, the answer is no.

    Mozart was said to hear melodies in his head and he just had to write them down. Being a small-time music composer myself, this sounds almost impossible. I hear melodies, with no harmony in my head, but harmony, that is the hard one. I wonder if he heard harmony also? Even for a genius, I doubt it was always easy. Beethoven was said to struggle with the music and had to re-write a lot of things. Sometimes I think that true heroes (even geniuses) are those who don’t give up and keep trying no matter what the odds.