Prompt #26 is to talk about one of my easiest decisions. That's simple. It's to ditch this prompt and reply to a "Slag" entry on my daughter's blog: "The Why"
Most grown-ups try to kill those trails. There are good reasons. Trails of questions like that can lead to all kinds of places, many of which are very uncomfortable, or even disturbing. Like trails through the woods, they can take you to dark places where you might start to doubt yourself or where you might find that the things you rely on aren't as firm as you thought.
The thing is, those paths lead to all kinds of phenomenal places as well. If you have the courage to ask the question, to keep asking the questions, you often find yourself looking up at the universe, or down into the deepest seas and you begin to understand that the world is so much more beautiful than anything you could possibly imagine or even appreciate.
Christians used to talk about "mystery" a lot. It doesn't get as much attention now, I think, because most of us want the Bible to answer our questions, we want our ministers and priests to answer our questions. We also want our scientists to answer our questions.
Well, most of us. To me the greatest thing about answers is that when you can make more questions out of them. Good answers have lots of questions pouring out of them.
"Mystery" isn't just not knowing the answer. It's enjoying the wonder that goes beyond our imagination.
I'm not a physicist in order to understand the world. I'm a physicist because I find it the best way for me to see how incredible the world is.
Seeing clearly isn't knowing all the answers, it's seeing how beautiful the mystery is.
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