“More than meets the eye!” – hmmm, did I just violate a copyright right there? Maybe if I took out the quotes…anyhoo…

Why do we adapt and continue to rebirth from day to day, year to year? Some say it’s because we need to progress to survive. I think that’s true, but I also believe that we need to transform to believe in ourselves. I mean, if we are resistant to change than how can we measure our accomplishments and growth? There are so many social networks on the web; ways to connect and grow together. It’s an awesome time to be alive and connected to the global-digital-conscience (or globodigico, copyright 2008 me). Still, our society marches on merging and separating like single celled blobs in search of each other. So what’s to become of down-time?

Rest: the final frontier (omg there I go again – please don’t sue me Mr. Shatner* and crew). I can’t get enough of it but I don’t really want it either. Between learning new stuff, playing with my son, playing with my wife (umm…co-op halo honey? not a chance >.<), and trying to squeeze the meaning and fun from every other minute of my day, rest has become a low priority; some last resort fix only to be summoned when the last drop of energy leaves my body. It’s a temporary, forced shutdown.

I think I need to re-evaluate that. At some point. Not this weekend.

I like to keep evolving and it takes all of my energy in every day to do so. I still don’t feel like I’m accomplishing enough with any speed. There is more deftness in my activity – just never seem to make firm enough marks on the world around me. I’m setting out to change that too. In the meantime, I’ll be seeking ways to evolve my inner ‘emotion-engine’ (that one was so blatant…3 for 3 wOot!) while learning to tune into my physicality and evolving my ‘rest engine’. In the end, I just want this human machine to make it as long as it can – viva mech-me!

(* side note: the William Shatner/Ben Folds “Has Been” album is one of the most life/thought-transforming and enjoyable audio works I have EVER experienced. I’m not kidding.)