Words~

At times words touch my heart in the most spectacular way.  The words do not have to be spoken or written by someone I know in person.  Words can come from someone who I have never met in the present, someone who is from the far past, or someone in the present whom I will never meet in the future.  All writers leave their words as a reminder of their literary creation(s).  Words read or heard bear only as much value as one gives to them.  Should Shakespeare be viewed differently than Hawking?  Each speak via written word–one long gone and the other through artificial means.  However, both have left for the reader their personality.  A creator cannot bring life to that which one does not feel.  One may wonder who can one feel for physics.  It is simple.  There is PASSION!  You can see and feel passion in the work that one loves.  You will find that no matter what the subject matter is, the writer has thrown self into their work.

Can the words of Shakespeare elicit the same responses out of me?  Of course!  Both fill me with wonderment and curiosity, both lead me to search out something greater, and both lead me to discover SELF.

I do look forward to reading “Being and Time” by Heidegger as I look forward to reading his spin.  Yes!  I will find something in his work even though he is branded a Nazi.  He is still a philosopher and worthy of a look.  The subject matter especially from his head would be most interesting.

What is time and where is our being?  I believe that our being is spread out like the universe–forever expanding and that time only exists when observed.  Ah!  The connecting of dots.  Merely a child’s way of seeing a picture in clarity by following the numbered dots to create the sum of all parts. ~ Maggie ~ Penned prior to 3:00 p.m. EST on November 11, 2008