Covid-19 is stealthily stalking all of us all around the world. Don’t worry this is not a diatribe about mask wearing versus personal freedom. It just got me thinking of all of the things that surround us, and affect us, that we cannot see. The invisible forces that are at work while we are awake and while we sleep.
Let me be, just for a minute, a scientist. I’m not a scientist, in any sense of the word. But take a minute, sit still, and look all around you. You see furniture and wall decor and books. What you don’t see are radio waves, which you can access by turning on a radio. Don’t believe me? Turn your radio on. Music! Light waves are there too. That’s how you can see the furniture and wall decor and books. Also around you are microwaves. Want some popcorn? Gamma rays, infrared rays, electro-magnetic waves! I don’t understand how any of that works. It’s a bit like magic.
Let me be, for another minute, a naturalist. I’m not a naturalist either, but I do spend a lot of time outdoors. There is dust and there are dust-like particles all around us. Look around you again. Look toward a window where the sun is coming in. There they are! Look at the pillow on your bed. It is crawling with dust mites! Okay, let’s not go there. Outside the air is filled with pollen. You allergy sufferers know about that. You know what else is flying through the air that we just don’t see? Seeds of all types are carried by the wind. Want to see something amazing? Go to your nearest billboard and see what is growing beneath it. You are likely to see a wonderful array of plants and wildflowers! Those seeds, riding the wind, were stopped dead in their tracks by that billboard. Again, magic!
What else surrounds us that science hasn’t figured out yet? I haven’t a clue. What if it is a love wave? Maybe it is that that makes us fall in love with one person and not another? Maybe it is that wave of love that makes us want others to be, and do, well. Maybe it is a love wave that makes us sacrifice for our children. I can only guess that waves of love make that possible, after all I’m not a scientist! But, I do have some anecdotal evidence. I’ve been in love and I know that it is definitely some sort of magic!
A Semi-retired Kind of Life 