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"/>Thermodynamics - the First Law - Ann McMaster M.A., L.P.C.

LIFE AS IT IS

Thermodynamics – the First Law

First_lawFirst Law of Thermodynamics is "energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed."

I wrote that sentence just the other day. In my global brain, I get it. However, in my limbic brain, it makes non-sense. My instinct wants everything clear – black and white, predictable – disliking change altogether (unless I have decreed or agreed the change).

I was commiserating with a friend of mine, who had just left her last child in the dorm for his first year in university. He’s still her child, she’s still his mother, but the form of their relationship is definitely changing. Energy changing form.

I’m selling my home of 30 years. I will still have a "home," but it won't look like/feel like This Home. Energy changing form.

I’m growing older. I’m still me, and my form is definitely changing!  I get it. Energy changes form constantly – my own personal energy/mood, as well as the energy/mood that flows between me and other people as the dynamics of the relationship change – moment to moment. When I'm in right relationship with myself, energy flows freely, regardless of how others behave or the circumstance in which I find myself. 

The kicker for my ego is not being able to dictate what form energy should take. Every day I wait for the menu of the day to drop down from the sky, requesting me to choose which forms of energy I want for the day. So far, no menu. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

It seems to me that energy is changing form faster than ever, paradigms of energy shifting more blatantly, e.g., computers being outdated in less than 2 years. 

It would probably be a good idea for me to relinquish my atavistic demand for predictability and embrace the predictability of change. That's what's so.

14 Responses

  1. Oh, thanks for the good laugh, Ann, about waiting for a menu. For a long time, I wanted a letter from God telling me what to do, or letting me know I was on the right path.
    Have you considered submitting a request for the forms of energy you’d prefer instead of waiting to be asked? Worth a try, I think.

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