MYSTERIES: Do we need to solve them all?
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Albert Einstein
My almost three year old granddaughter has just added a new word to her vocabulary: ‘Why?‘ My sympathies are with her because I too always have a lot of questions and don’t always find the answers! That said, I do have a rough idea why it’s not a great plan to ride a bike in the middle of the road. Or scatter two hundred multi-coloured balls over the sitting room floor three minutes before bedtime.
Nevertheless, inspired by the everlasting concept of ‘Why‘, a few questions, in no particular order of importance, rolled into my head. Indeed, some may be of no importance whatsoever – merely a curiosity shared perhaps by others.
Why did we invent computers that are cleverer than we are?
Why do we assume animals can’t reason just because they’re not using our language?
Why do people consider that our thoughts have no effect on our bodies?
Why is it so easy to lose one glove but rarely a pair?
Why is there no drama in happiness?
Why the second I put on a white t-shirt, do I immediately spill something on it?
Why do we continue to think money will solve all our problems?
Why can’t I remember being born?
Why do people find it easier to make war than make peace?
Why does music affect every cell in our bodies?
Why do we not all connect telepathically?
Why do we enjoy murder mysteries, when murder is such a terrible act?
Why do some seeds in a pack germinate beautifully and others not at all?
Why do we all feel the need to create, but then consider ourselves uncreative?
Why does bad news always get read first?
Why do people talk about addressing a problem rather than trying to solve it?
Why is there always a teaspoon left in the bottom of the washing up bowl?
Why if our skeletons can last for hundreds of years, do our bodies wear out so soon?
Why do people argue about religious dogma and ignore the bigger spiritual picture?
Why does saying ‘Wheeeee…´ immediately make me feel happy?
I think I’ll go to the very end asking questions. In fact, for the biggest mystery of all I’ll probably only find the answer when I no longer need to ask the question. In the meanwhile, I’m inclined to follow the advice of Professor Einstein to, ‘Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.‘ This seems very wise advice, so I shall disappear into the garden, and deal with the weeds – which some consider are simply flowers in the wrong place!