Human beings host a natural curiosity about, basically, everything. In any career, through any religion, by way of any number of lifestyles, we personalize the innate inquisitiveness of our nature and often like to think that we have it all figured out. In reality, we quite clearly do not. In fact, you and I most likely relate more to the years in our childhood when we were confused that "human beings" sounds suspiciously like "human beans," rather than trying to debate any idea of eternity.
It's just too complicated. And, even though we're often surrounded by the words of wisdom from people like Hank Green, who claim that "the world deserves to be understood complexly," we barely even know what that means. Sure, we pride ourselves in that complex things are not insurmountable, but what if the extent of what we know to be difficult, is, in fact, quite elementary?
Consider this common question: "If we had no eyes, then we would be unaware of the existence of color. What if we are missing an entire aspect of everything simply because we do not have the organ to detect it?"
If you look at these discussions on different blogging/forum sites, there's bound to be dozens of replies spouting the explanations of fellow human beings. We study the light spectrum to understand color, and then relate that to deep, philosophical, thought-provoking quandaries.
Then we try to answer them. And it doesn't work that way.
It's rather ironic for me to be talking about this, especially since I am a future sociology major. But maybe that's why I want to know. People want to know about other people, and I want to find out more about those people who want to know about other people. I find myself going in circles.
And that, my friend, is my whole point: We don't know. We're really small. Earth is tinier than a speck of dust in the grand scheme of things. Your neighbor's human brain is so much more complex than you'll ever be able to wrap your head around. In fact, guess what? Our very planet is God's footstool.
It's humbling to realize and be reminded of this stuff. Social structure commonly recognizes success in comparison to other very similar people, but really, our success doesn't particularly matter. It's kind of depressing.
That's why it's so important to just take life one step at a time. We're surrounded by beautiful people and amazing things, but too often we get caught up in analyzing what's around us instead of just enjoying it. Humans won't ever truly understand themselves, anyway, so I suppose ignorance can be bliss.
Being cognizant of the world around us is vital, of course. Without conscientiousness, there wouldn't be humans in future generations to have the same questions that we have now. But it's important to understand that we were made this way in a very specific image and template, and He must have had a pretty good idea what He was doing when He did it.
In the midst of trillions of lightyears of the unknown, there's Someone who takes the time to personally relate to His children. When we remember that, there's no need to be concerned with the mysterious intricacies of life around us.
It's just too complicated. And, even though we're often surrounded by the words of wisdom from people like Hank Green, who claim that "the world deserves to be understood complexly," we barely even know what that means. Sure, we pride ourselves in that complex things are not insurmountable, but what if the extent of what we know to be difficult, is, in fact, quite elementary?
Consider this common question: "If we had no eyes, then we would be unaware of the existence of color. What if we are missing an entire aspect of everything simply because we do not have the organ to detect it?"
If you look at these discussions on different blogging/forum sites, there's bound to be dozens of replies spouting the explanations of fellow human beings. We study the light spectrum to understand color, and then relate that to deep, philosophical, thought-provoking quandaries.
Then we try to answer them. And it doesn't work that way.
It's rather ironic for me to be talking about this, especially since I am a future sociology major. But maybe that's why I want to know. People want to know about other people, and I want to find out more about those people who want to know about other people. I find myself going in circles.
And that, my friend, is my whole point: We don't know. We're really small. Earth is tinier than a speck of dust in the grand scheme of things. Your neighbor's human brain is so much more complex than you'll ever be able to wrap your head around. In fact, guess what? Our very planet is God's footstool.
It's humbling to realize and be reminded of this stuff. Social structure commonly recognizes success in comparison to other very similar people, but really, our success doesn't particularly matter. It's kind of depressing.
That's why it's so important to just take life one step at a time. We're surrounded by beautiful people and amazing things, but too often we get caught up in analyzing what's around us instead of just enjoying it. Humans won't ever truly understand themselves, anyway, so I suppose ignorance can be bliss.
Being cognizant of the world around us is vital, of course. Without conscientiousness, there wouldn't be humans in future generations to have the same questions that we have now. But it's important to understand that we were made this way in a very specific image and template, and He must have had a pretty good idea what He was doing when He did it.
In the midst of trillions of lightyears of the unknown, there's Someone who takes the time to personally relate to His children. When we remember that, there's no need to be concerned with the mysterious intricacies of life around us.