New Year's Eve Blurb 2023

 

This is going to be in ultrashort, "New Year's Eve Blurb". I'm wishing everyone who reads this no matter where there are the world to take a moment strictly for yourself. The world can get on for at least a minute on its own. Actually let's extend that to four minutes, and here's why:

Earlier today I was pondering how to start the new year off in my assistant living residence, which can always choose a little extra joy, a little play is good for the soul regardless of your age. So for no particular reason I put together this little video made up of photos from humble and the new James Webb telescope. All the material comes from either the Hubble website or NASA's Flickr account. (Details are in the end of the little video.

So without further ado, and wishing you a great new year. Here it is..... (Turns out it's too big to upload directly to my site. As an alternate this is a link on my Google Drive)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hAoNDQa7Dyf8yvFMj1TY67G-8XS-Va8i/view?usp=drive_link

All the best Patrick Clark

"Genius is the rediscovery of childhood."

 

Have you ever noticed that children between the ages of two, to lets say about years old, have unbridled enthusiasm. They simply light up like Christmas trees when ever they noticed something going on. They frequently enjoy the box a gift came in more than the do the actual gift.

They try the box on, if they can fit into it. Exploring every little facet of the thing (yes this may involve destroying it in the process :-)). They are little learning machines, and it is obvious watching them they are having great deal of enjoyment. What was it Einstein said, and I may be paraphrasing here, "Genius is the rediscovery of childhood."

You know for me, I think that is the biggest lesson we can learn from the festive seasons. Simply the rediscovery of the joy found in finding something new.

This is been but a short entry on this blog, because sometimes it doesn't take a lot of words to remember what really is important. The joy in learning something new and approaching it with enthusiasm and curiosity.