WWW.QWERKIROB.NET
  • Thoughts & Musings
  • Pholog
  • QwerkiPix

22 Days of Gratitude: Day 6 - Numbers

11/6/2018

2 Comments

 
Picture
Numbers


​What would our life be with out numbers? Every language know to humankind has a set of numbers.  How else to keep statistics, track of time, progress and the like?  Numbers are our friends.

We I was a student lo these many years ago, numbers intimidated me.  And it didn't help that the education system seemed to take all the fun out of the things you most use numbers for.  Arithmetic. Algebra.  Geometry.  Statistics.  Etc.  It was an exacting science of sorts.  Sadly I was never an exacting sort of guy.  I love me some glittering generalities and nebulous ideas that were open to interpretation.  Numbers seemed overly concrete.

It wasn't until much later in life I discovered that the beautiful way an algebraic formula solved out that I realized that mathematics were so very elegant.  Everything could prove out with numbers.  How poetic is that?

Numbers are our friends.  They are even pretty when written.  Like letters, each character has its own personality.   And each reflects the personality and character of the writer.  That is one thing that gets lost with the algorithms of this computerized age.  Much like typing or word-processing.  But even then, they are lovely in the way they can express even the most esoteric equations.  

So today I give thanks for numbers and all they do for us.  Without them we would never know how fast we are going or how much we weigh or even how old we are.  And while that sounds like a tempting thing to wish for, it really would make things a bit more complicated to handle.



2 Comments
amy
11/6/2018 05:52:34 pm

Did you make those numbers?

Reply
Rob
11/6/2018 05:56:23 pm

No

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Rob McMurray,
    Muser  

    I think of myself as a Muser Extraordinaire.  :)
    I am also a Writer, photographer and garden designer.  Friend, poet, paternal companion to my animal companions. And surely more.  This is my blog and my website where I share my musings and thoughts with anyone who cares to read them.
                                       Rob

    My Facebook Page

    Archives

    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    June 2019
    May 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    October 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012

    All Materials Copyright by Rob McMurray QwerkiRob

Contact Me

    Subscribe Today!

Submit
  • Thoughts & Musings
  • Pholog
  • QwerkiPix