Things don't happen unless you count them.

Most of us have been asked the question, "if a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody around to hear, does it still make a sound?"  Of course, technically, sound consists of waves that may or may not be heard,  But the point is, if we don't hear it fall, we don't really know if it fell or if it made a sound when it came down.  We just see a tree on the ground.

So, lately there has been a lot of reports talking about all the earthquakes in Texas.  Specifically in the past day or two in Irving, which is in the Dallas area.  Now, one of the earthquakes measured around 3.5 on the Richter scale, which is a respectable shake up on a good day.  I have talked to a few people who felt the earth move under their feet (but the sky did NOT tumble down).  For the most part, however, most of the other earthquakes have been significantly less.  In fact, if we didn't have a measure in place, we wouldn't even be able to tell that they were happening.

Which begs the question - at least to me....have these earthquakes been happening all along?  Before we put tools out there to record and measure, how would we know?  We can't feel them; they cause no damage; but now that there have been studies in the area that left behind means to measure - waaaalaaaaa - earthquake frequencies have increased.  Or have they?

I am not a seismologist but I like to count.  And now we have something to count.  Kind of like the trees in the forest.  Or successes/failures; good days/bad days; weight loss/gain; favors/debts.  The list could go on and on because for every side of the coin, once you  have experience the high (and you count it) you become acutely awareness of the opposite effect (which you also count).  Earthquakes/no earthquakes.....Trees up/trees down ...  with sound/without!

We live in a world that is hyper-sensitive to all things.  As parents, how many times have we bought presents for our children in equal number - not to ensure equity but the "appearance" of equity.   Because we know the tree would make a sound when it came down on that one!  

Freedom of speech has become measured as we weigh our words for fear of being misunderstood. Innocent mistakes are blown out of context in our haste to correct our stumbling speech.  Opinions can no longer be shared for fear of condemnation.   Sound waves crashing all around.

I don't know everything but I know some things....too much attention is paid to things out of our control.  Perhaps the waves we should be measuring are the ones we are sending out around us?

Until next time,
#celebratewins
#learnfromlosses


your pal,
Kari