Time For a Change

OK, upfront warning: This topic is tough to digest, the Surgeon General has suggested that you have no distractions while reading.

Time is a constant, unless you're Stephen Hawkings. I do want to write about time travel someday, but I have to go into the future first to see if I have any followers before I put the time into it. I have been thinking about this for some time now and despite my wife's warnings...I want to do it anyway. OK, here we go. There is a formula in Physics that I have always felt applies to life, as well as defines life, I.e metaphysics of life. The formula is F=MA. Let me explain.

Force (F) is defined as "produces or prevents motion and can alter velocity. In life we could say that it is the change that occurs by two physical bodies by object or environment.

Mind lock- forces in our lives that affect us and prevents or causes motion, objects or environment.

Mass (M) is defined measure of inertia or in simple words, size or weight being effected by inertia.

Mind-lock- The weight of issues in our lives that are affected by the events or size of events

Acceleration (A) Rate of change over time. Think car starting and traveling over time.

Mind-lock The speed of changes in our life due to events or even the frequency of events over time

OK example time: A car that weights 5000 lbs that travels from zero to 60 in 6 seconds has a force of:

Force = 5000 lbs x 60 mph over 6 seconds would be: 20,176.3 Newtons

In comparison an F-18 jet is launched from an aircraft carrier has a force of 1,733,766 Newton's

Speaking of Newton, we should include this as well to help us apply this to life.

Newton's first law:

A body remains in constant motion until it interacts with object of greater mass.

Newton's second law:

The force imparted on the object is proportional to the mass

Newton's third law:

Every action has opposite or equal reaction

That is a simplified common sense definition. If you are a Physicist I apologize for my information and that you aren't busy solving the oil leak in the gulf instead of dissecting my blog. So, what are the (F) forces that exert change on our lives? We see life and the changes in life causing increased stress, depression, addiction, divorce, etc. The top four stresses that we face in life are:

1) Relationship

2) Finances

3) Health

4) Career

What are the (M) Masses in our lives?

Population growth? Consider the overall pressure that is exerted on us from this source.

What are the Acceleration (A) in our lives?

Increase in technology, thought, intelligence. These factors certainly effect the rate of change.

OK, example time: The world population has always had exponential growth. In 1800 our population was approximately 1 billion people. By 1920 2 billion. By 2000 we were at 6 billion and forecasted to be at 7.5 billion by 2020. Consider the changes we have seen in science, religion, literature, technology since the 1800's. If we compare the advent of change since the 1500's, we can see the greatest changes occurred during time of conflict or did conflict arise due to the rate of change in society? It is well documented in industrialized areas of the World that suicide increased during times of stress such as The Great Depression, obvious conclusion sure, but the rates of suicide decreases during war time and has increased across the board in people under forty years old. Lets consider also that as the population has increased historically, society has also spread to other areas, such as the 15th century when trade routes expanded, so did immigration and development of areas such as the Americas. America then went on to add to technology, almost at a faster rate than did the rest of the World...a positive thing. It would seem anecdotally that as technology has increased, example the Internet, our thirst for knowledge has not only increased, but we also must think and act faster simply to keep up. Imagine in 1940 when you wanted to sent a picture and letter to a lover in Europe, you had to craft a letter and send the letter and picture in the mail. If your affection was to be returned or rejected, you would not have know that fact for several weeks. Our time vs. life experiences were a bit slower. Relationship moved slower and people probably still felt the pressure of life. Compare to the present day. I can snap a picture now, type a quick note and hit send. The message is in Europe or anywhere else on the planet in a second...and the response just as fast. Just at first blush it would seem that this increased time change or (acceleration) would then have a multiplier effect on Force or easier to comprehend, our feelings of pushes us to move or not move in life. We are an adaptive species and I have no doubt we adapt to change, but is there a tipping point where this change can no longer be tolerated? Or tolerated poorly? I think that this defined force can be seen as aggression. We certainly see that today, but they have throughout history as well.

Going back to Newton, we continue in motion in a straight line until we are in contact with something of greater mass. Could that greater mass be a sudden illness, financial problem, unexpected relationship change? Newton's second law, acceleration is based on the magnitude of the force we interact with. Could some people be more resilient to an event that could be considered greater in mass or magnitude? How about Newton's third law, every action experiences and opposite or equal reaction. If we are cooking along in life at our constant pace and experience an event that causes us to react, is it equal or opposite reactions? It would seem that some people can encounter great tragedy and not waiver, but I feel sure that there is an equal or opposite reaction at some level throughout time and it would indeed follow Newton's law.

Finally, I think that our constant of time in our lives has a sine wave that is spaced out when we are in times of "normal life experiences" for any given person. The wave form narrows at times in our lives during periods of experience increase such as child birth, relocation, job change, etc. Perhaps we become accustomed to a change in the frequency of these wave forms, but my question is does this change have an ultimate effect on the length of the time line or life. If we can agree that these periods shorten our life, wouldn't the solution be to avoid the times or events that increase the frequency form in our lives? Not possible right? So, how do we manage the reaction that events have on our lives? Not a simple answer for sure, but I think it can be approached with the F=MA formula. We cannot change the acceleration of life in general, but we can affect a change on how we allow this change in velocity over time to be deposited into our lives. There is no reward for keeping up, at least no reward in finality. We can cannot affect how the population is applied to our lives, but we can alter the impact of it to whatever extent possible. The output of Force would be effected if the value of Mass and Acceleration can be decreased. Example: a dragonfly traveling at 2 mph will have considerably less force against the windshield of the example vehicle we defined initially.

If the statement is true..."sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug." I would choose to be safely inside the car. I once again realize all too late that I should always listen to my wife.