Newton moves\u2026. forcefully?<\/p>\n
Newton\u2019s laws (abbreviated) are as follows:<\/p>\n
This is what comes to mind as I
\nreflect on the events of the past weeks. I\u2019m not entirely sure why, because I\u2019m
\nterrible at physics. The things I remember from that class are that we used slinkies
\nand projectiles and my teacher has an Albanian accent. Do the laws of what is
\nphysical apply to life non-physically? I\u2019ve been enjoying myself seeing how
\nwhat I do in my various classes relates to what happens in the world around. It\u2019s
\neasy to see in things like Accounting (debit studying expense, credit sleep)
\nand Voice Class (Stop forcing and rely on the breath you have), but more difficult
\nwith things like Geography. I guess I could say that when we aren\u2019t taking care
\nof relationships properly, we tend to flood them with nutrients that they don\u2019t
\nneed. Really what they need is just to be taken care of, not extra of the
\ngoodness that should come naturally. If they get too much of these unnecessary
\nnutrients they start having a negative effect on the surrounding riparian
\nenvironment. I experienced this analogy this week.<\/p>\n
My friend and I
\nhave been \u201coff\u201d. We get frustrated around each other and this pent up
\nfrustration was making us both feel guilty, but we wouldn\u2019t talk about it.
\nInstead of trying to give the other what they needed, we pretended everything
\nwas okay and tried harder to be loving towards one another. This did not work.
\nEventually the weight of this grudge slowed everything to a stop and we couldn\u2019t
\nfunction as friends without ticking each other off when we were around each
\nother so often that we avoided each other. What we wanted was for things to get
\nbetter on their own. What we needed was to talk it out, to put force in the
\ndirection of reparation. So we did. Now we are accelerating in a different
\ndirection. A better one. As soon as I started thinking about Newton\u2019s laws, I
\nthought about this situation and how his laws had applied to my friend and me.
\nWe needed something to physically force this passive-aggression to stop and
\nturn around.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s
\nalmost a stretch. Here\u2019s where this connection stemmed from. A close friend and
\nI were trying to burn some memories and we decided that the safest place to do
\nit, legally and safely, was near the James. So we went, with some other people,
\nto set fire to these two articles that we would let burn on some rocks, which
\nusually don\u2019t catch fire unless covered in gasoline, and then we\u2019d kick them
\ninto the river if and only if they became a hazard to the surrounding riparian
\nzone. Problem: someone in our group misinterpreted and decided that was
\nlittering and he wouldn\u2019t stand for it. Second Problem: he decided his solution
\nto that problem was to cover the paper with gasoline and burn it on the river
\nbank (near dry leaves and twigs\u2026) pouring lemonade on our inferno in the event
\nthat it got out of hand. 10 oz of lemonade vs. potentially flaming countryside?
\nBut I\u2019m not here to make the odds. So, naturally as any wise person would, my
\nfriends took issue with his logic and decided to tell him so. (Yes, that\u2019s our
\nThird Problem). And thus began a battle of equal but opposite actions and
\nreactions. This is what was happening emotionally. But personally I was
\nthinking about the James. If every action has an equal but opposite reaction
\nthen shouldn\u2019t there be something reacting in the river? Is it chemical, is it
\ndisplacement? I was also thinking about GreenPeace and all people who have an opinion
\nabout anything. If those people go out and declare the \u201cright way\u201d to do
\nthings, shouldn\u2019t there be an equal but opposite reaction moving in the
\ndirection of the \u201cwrong way\u201d which appears right to someone else? If this were
\ntrue then we\u2019d all just keep our mouths shut about everything in order to
\nmaintain what has been constantly in motion and not create opposing forces.<\/p>\n
This is just something
\nto think about when you want to reflect on the world around you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Newton moves\u2026. forcefully? Newton\u2019s laws (abbreviated) are as follows: A body in motion remains in motion until some force acts upon it to stop it. Acceleration is directly proportional and parallel to force and inversely proportional to mass. Every action … Continue reading