n. 1. Physics The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force. 2. Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change.

I am resisting acceleration.  I am stuck.  And I've just searched the internet for some sort of little-known Law of Physics that would give me a remedy, a template of how to defy inertia.  And, disappointingly, but not surprisingly, there ISN'T one! 

Ugh, here I am (again), with a list of To Do's as long as my arm.  One item contained therein, naturally, is to write a blog entry.  So even the thing that I purposely chose to keep me accountable is, well, NOT. 

And how I hate to put it out here, again, like so many things I've not pursued, continued, finished in my 4+ decades of living.  I just hate admitting it.  I feel like a 5 year old who didn't bring her signed parental permission slip back to school, and am the only one NOT getting on the bus for the field trip.  And look how much fun everyone else is having!

And yet, I surely CAN'T be the only one.  Out of 6.3+ billion sentient beings on this planet, there MUST be others that share this cycle with me.  Could it simply be part of human nature?  Part of the way I am as one of those humans? 

Is Being Human one of those afflictions for which drug resistant strains are ever forming?  Can I not avoid it?  What if it IS just a given? And what if knowledge and acceptance that THIS is the way I am, is the key? 

And what if taking one teensy-weensy action step could far outdo the meanest things that I say to myself (and then the rebellious 5-yr. old reaction that says, "YOU can't tell me what to do!")

Looking at the definition again, "the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest...unless acted on by an outside force.", I see that this is an outside job. 

It's not about mental tweaking, psychological seismic shifting, nor soul-searching archeological digging, but action, no matter HOW small.  Just one little snitch of movement.  One infinitesimal completion.

So what would/could happen if I took on being the "Outside Force" in acting upon the straight line of my Creative Inertia? 

As long as I don't feel like I have to move the entire mountain, I can certainly take one small step up it...for today!

"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules" 
     ~ Anthony Trollope
 


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Kim link
07/30/2010 22:20

I,too,often find myself in this place. There's much to be said for incrementality.

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