One life.

            

 You are the next Albert Einstein, with technology that is yet to be revealed I have seen you with all those prizes in your hands, and achievements that will define a century. Ok, that’s not true but you could be. After a bit of thinking, I just keep landing at one conclusion, resonance.

            “I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”  This is my favorite quote of all time by Isaac Newton. Not only does it involve the beach but also it makes me think of the future Newtons who will discover ‘pretty shells’. When you go to the beach you see different things. Some notice the shells, some notice sea creatures, others notice at all, but that doesn’t mean we should all see  shells. Diversity has beauty in it, but it isn’t meant to be a distraction. We all see different pebbles, have different problems.

            We are easily distracted from seeing the pebble in front of us most likely because we want to see what everyone else is seeing, or maybe our pebble is just too scary, either way we are not responding to the universe. Having read the biography of the mathematician Julia Robinson, I’m confident that there is only one approach to pebbles.  Forget Isaac Newton, Da Vinci and other weird people you find in every textbook. It’s time to work on your pebble; it took Julia almost a 20 and more years to solve the Tenth Problem.  It may take two years, 4, 10 or even a lifetime, it’s that feeling of accomplishment in the end that really makes life worth it all.

            There is a big difference between what we ought to do and what we want to do and most often we find ourselves doing what we are obliged to do. We are too easily distracted by what we see in others that we forget to ask ourselves if it’s what we really want. You can fake it, fool everyone that you are enjoying but you definitely can’t fool the universe. The universe responds to energy. It responds to passion, it is that simple.  History keeps reminding us that.

            We often hear the words, “Don’t take anything fore-granted, you might loose it” . Well, how about don’t take yourself fore-granted? You will definitely loose yourself.  You have one life, one chance, to make it all happen. Others’ spots are already taken, The universe doesn’t need another Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs. The universe needs YOU. You are amazing!