infinite

Most of us would call this symbol—∞—a figure “8” turned sideways, but math majors know it as the symbol for infinity. Our English word “infinite” comes from the Latin infinitus, a combination of in (not) and finitus (finished). Therefore, infinity means “not finished” or never-ending.

ItchieBitchie says--Infinity isn’t easy to grasp.  Ya I agree ItchieBitchie, ya have to be smarter than this little old farm boy from a mile and a fourth south of Roseland, MN.  MissPerfect says--I know some folks who think they are pretty smart.  I bet they maybe think they can understand infinity.  I know a guy in our little community that for years knew all the answers of how to make money.  But, he never had any money! Da!  I bet he might have infinity figured out!  Oh ya!  He wears a big cowboy hat but has no cattle.  Folks have a tendency to just blow him off (i.e. no validity). "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln  Such is life.

He says He’s the alpha and omega!  A great leader said He is the alpha and the omega (i.e. some of you might know him). He once said this to his folks--"I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves."   SusieQ says—That advice ain’t no chopped liver folks. Alpha and omega is ∞. Many folks think He will rein forever and forever, ∞.  Huh, interesting.

I walked to the golf course at 3 a.m. to watch the Perseids Meteor Shower Wednesday night.  I was disappointed.  I saw some but expected more.  I did hear and see some jets jets flying over. I was pretty much in complete quietness. I sat on my lawn chair and just got a sore neck soooo I went back to bed after some time.  But I did think about how far that space up there went.  I have no idea but it was very thought provoking. That silence reminded me of hiking the Grand Canyon.  It was soooo quiet for long periods of time.  Except when MyFriendSecretariat (i.e. he is easy to like) would run ahead of me and ambush me (i.e. scare the crap out of me).  LuckieEddie says—I have discovered the rule of silence is one of the most beautiful things in the world, it preserves one from the temptation of the idle world, the fresh remark, the wisecrack, the angry challenge…Its really quite remarkable what it does for one. I agree LuckieEddie but I need to be around certain folks to appreciate the silence. Does that make any sense? Soooo is silence infinite? 

PecosBill says--I do like “do overs!” But we can’t always get “do overs”.  Infinity sorta kinda stimulates our imagination of possibilities all right. But ya better get after it on this earth.  You are only going to live to a certain age here (i.e. not ∞). Soooo we get only soooo many changes and then it will come to a screeching halt.  Life will wax and wane but it will just keep going faster and faster the older you get sooooo keep your hands on the wheel until you hear the thunderclap.  Soooo enjoy and maximize every day of your life.  I agree PecosBill, I agree. Life is a gift. 

John and Jane Doe (i.e. anybody can be a John and Jane Doe) say--The mind is a ∞ psyche battered organ.   We can conjure up some doozy of some night mares folks (i.e. the worst ones).  And sometimes our brains get hurt or diseased which really causes strange things.  At that recent seminar I attended about dementia, the expert said that they really don’t have the mind all figured out (i.e. toooo many wires and toooo many unknowns).  The expert said that a person with dementia is like a donut (i.e. a donut isn’t a donut if there is no hole).  We consecrate on the hole but should concentrate on what is left.  The hole can not be reclaimed or restored and will get bigger and bigger (i.e. like creeping charlie, it will eventually take over and…)!  The hole is infinite! Hey folks, the expert said--The only thing that might prevent or slow down dementia is exercise.  Not once a week exercise but daily exercise (i.e. more than getting our butts off the couch and walking to the pantry to get the chips).  And you were hoping it was a pill didn't you.  It said in the paper (i.e.sooooo it must be right) that if you buy a "onion battered and fried" at the IA State fair, you will just consumed 1, 950 calories (i.e. and that's without the dipping sauce).  It said it takes a 150 pound person 13 hours 39 minutes to walk it off.  Holy molly!  

Scientist find closest thing yet to Earth-sun system, a close cousin to Earth. The planet, Kepler-452b, is about 1,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. There is a possibility there might be life on it. But they really don’t have a clue as how fast the universe is. ItchieBitchie asks--Sooooo how far does space go?  It might be infinite.  Maybe.  Who knows.  And we think we know sooooo much.  I know some folks who think they know a whole lot (e.g. gossipy Sally is one).  SusieQ says—And here I thought Thunder Bay, Canada was the end of the universe!  It just goes to show that I wasn’t as smart as I thought I was. Science continues to reveal little pieces about the infinite nature of God and the world He created (i.e. I think big on the revealing little pieces).

It ain’t infinite but it’s a long time ago.  200,000 years some think there has been folks on this earth (i.e. give or take a month or two).  Now that is a lot of folks.  A lot of folks have been born and have died for a long time.  Births and deaths ain’t nutten new I guess.  CreepyBuffaloDave says—That makes me feel pretty small (i.e. humbling).  Saturday question—Do you think life on earth will be infinite?  JakeSmart says--DuaneTheWorm acts like he is the only person that has ever lived on this earth.  SirDan says-- Some folks on this earth are easy to root for and others, well not soooo

much. Why is that do you think?  Do they have some sort of charisma or thinking or attitude or what do you think. CadillacJack says--Maybe some appear to act rather smug which turns us off. Maybe not everyone roots for the same type of person.  Now that could be.  CadillacJack says--Spot on!  We rode the Lady of the Lake on Clear Lake to celebrate our 47^th.  They said Clear Lake was carved out by the Wisconsin Glacier (i.e. about 20,000 to 25,000 years ago—give and take a few months).  The glacier was a mile high.  Now that is hard for me to fathom.  I read somewhere—His understanding I cannot fathom.  Huh, interesting.

Dust to dust!  At internment services I hear ministers says—From dust you came from and dust  you will return (i.e. maybe that line has been used for about 200,000 years).  Soooo I guess there will always be dust.  In our house anyway; I can’t believe how dusty it sometimes gets in a few days.  How can that be.  Where does it come from anyway.  I read in the paper, soooo it must be right, that much dust comes from our dead skin (i.e. maybe we are just dust).  It has always amazed me that when we are gone for the winter and walk into our house, there is very little dust.  Soooo maybe Arlene and I shed more than I think.  This dust thing might be an infinite process!  Soooo if the body goes to dust, where does the soul go?  Does it go to Xinfinite?  Ya put an X in front of infinite and it makes it “hip and edgy” but it’s still infinite.  God only knows what’s infinite for our souls (i.e. my opinion).  Such is life or such is death or something like that. Soooo what will it take to get to the “Big Boy/Girl table?” 

I bet good and evil has always been ∞.   What do you think?  There has been wars and wars and probably will continue to be wars and wars.  According to the story of Noah and the ark, God whipped the earth clean of all the evil folks but some how and for some reason evil came back just like creeping charlie does. GeorgeTheCrook says—I hate it when evil wins, just hate it.  GeorgeTheCrook, evil wins sometimes, don’t kid yourself in thinking it doesn’t.  But maybe evil wins a battle but doesn't win the war.  You think sooooo! 

Money has been and always will be a great motiator—for ever—never ending, ∞. At Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, the California Gold Rush began in 1848. By 1849, 300,000 “Forty-Niners” were streaming across the country to strike it rich in California. Some even sailed from the East Coast, going around the tip of South America to reach California—a five- to eight-month journey. Fifty years later, the frenzy was repeated as 100,000 prospectors left everything to join the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada. Oh ya for the search of becoming rich.  History tells us that the folks who made a lot of the money were the suppliers, the saloon owners and the prostitutes.  Does history repeat for ever and for ever?  Wheeeeeeeeee! Let's get going, we're burning day light!

Learning goes on forever (i.e. infinite) but school starts for many about now.  Here is a limerick by Susan Trail that is fun.

What more could you want from the summer
When only the heat is a bummer?
No school for the kids
Their brains on the skids
When they go back in August, they're dumber.

MyFriendJean 88 years young

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

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