expanding past the present

If you can get yourself to a dark place at night

And look out into the far reaches of space

What you see is what was there in the distant past.

Where things are now can only be extrapolated.

The same is true seeing the sun in the sky

Not where it is now but where it was 10 minutes ago

Already below the horizon as we see it setting.

This moment now is proximate.

We live in the present

But much of what we experience

Happened in the past

Not just with our inner life.

Mind and matter in a kind of symmetry

Not the symmetry of quantum physics

Not the symmetry of spatial shapes

But as parallel universes.

If time is an arrow there’s no going back

But neither is there any leaving behind.

The past is with us and ever expanding

Being revealed as happening now.

two weeks ago

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job satisfaction

More than anything else I enjoy thinking

When I consider every aspect of a problem

And imagine a solution that works out

Both good engineering a pleasing design.

Oh I seek out and enjoy beauty in all its many forms

And I regenerate experiencing such pleasures.

But the cerebral experience of thinking effectively

That holds for me the most lasting sense of well-being.

I work in a group as part of an enterprise. 

We are building a database application

For social service agencies helping people in need.

What I work on has a good purpose and use.

We discuss our ideas and build it together

Making complementary components.

The problems I solve help improve the quality of care

So the workers can better serve those people in need.

So happily for me this is the work that I do.

I like to contribute my time and intelligence

In my small way making a difference.

This gives me the highest job satisfaction.

Clausland Mountain Long Path

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