It seems that I always get this feeling each year as it winds down and dreaws to a close. It is as if I get a burst of energy and want to get everything that I have not accomplished the rest of the year at once. It is the time for the inventory of my life. I guess that it is a good thing to do this because if not then life passes without any bench marks or anything else to mark its passing. One thing I usually ask mself, covertly if not overtly is, "What is the significance of my life anyway?" That question can be extended beyond the individual (myself) to my peer group and in a larger sense to humankind as a whole. Looking at it one way, mankind has absolutely no impact on the universe. All of the striving, hard work or importance are less than a ripple on an ocean of water. When the above is said, it is said leaving a purposeful force, i.e. God, out of the equation.
I was just talking with someone in the waiting room here where I brought Ellen to get her flu "bug" seen about. We broached the subject of germs (microscopic organisms) and how they change to survive and proliforate. But then one may ask the qusetion, "How does one define
'Intelligence'?" We just have to say in the end, "I don't know!" I like to attribute intelligence to the "Creator" or as some would call him, God. We still don't know but we have a way to frame that definition and to hang our hopes on it. And I think that every person who has a sane mind wants something to hang his hopes upon. Our thought system and all of our concepts depend so much on a matrix of definitions that have been derived from variables with comprised of functions set by our environment and breeding.
I remember my grandpa, Pa Smith, talking to me about what a mystery life is when he was older and I was just a youngster. At that time I hadn't experienced enough of life to think as deeply as he was thinking so I guess I just more or less passed his statement off. Now that I have been through the "rukus" so to speak I can relate to his sayings.
I usually try to come out with a slogan for the new year. I can say that I think, "Everything will be great in O'8!"
"Happy New Year Everybody!!!"