From Wikipedia - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion
Perpetual Motion: "describes motion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy. This is impossible in practice because of friction and other sources of energy loss."
Perpetual Motion Machine: a "hypothetical machine which, once activated, would continue to function and produce work."
I have often pondered that, with all my human flaws, how I've been so lucky. Why am I so happy? Why, with all the heartache & struggles, and down right insanity that happens to us all, some of which my family is still riding the waves of, am I feeling on top of the world?
Then I realized, I have discovered the source of my optimism: the perpetual motion machine. You know that one that doesn't exist? Well it does & it's taken the form of my family! I used to think of my family, extended & all, as more of a house of cards... or even Jenga. But that means that some of us would be carrying the load while others rest on top. Then I compared us to dominoes - but while we bump each other sometimes, we'd never knock each other down just to get through.
No, we are in constant, seemless motion with one another. Endless energy that carries us through. Never ending, leaving noone behind.
I have had (almost!) 30 years as part of this, quite well oiled, machine. My children & their cousins will keep it going for ages to come. I am so wonderfully proud to be a part of it.
We are the impossible indefinite energy.
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