Out of the Depths: February 2016

Sunday, February 14, 2016

I'm A Total Failure? And It's A Good Thing Too!

I'm a fan of Deborah Cox and her book, Wife Material. Was checking out her blog today and found this post to be beneficial.

http://deborahlcox.com/its-my-fault-transform-multi-generational-guilt-and-shame/

She asserts that we can inherit guilt, shame, and other emotions from previous generations. She recommends an exercise to identify specifically these issues as a means for overcoming them. I'll quote the end of the post as a teaser. I hope it compels the reader to visit her blog.

You already know I’m a proponent of misbehavior. Breaking the rules and failing helps us become who we truly are. So, It’s My Fault can become, I Learned From It. And, I Should Have Known Better can become, I Did The Best I Could….And Look Where I Am Now!"

That is great advice.!!

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The Big Bang or The Great Swelling?

My parents bought the Book of Knowledge Children's Encyclopedia, the edition published in 1952. I enjoyed many hours with the 20 volumes while growing up. Even before I could read, the pictures had a great effect on me. I have them and will occasionally pick one at random to read. The other day I was looking at an article "The Men Who Mapped the Skies." Evidently this was before the term "Big Bang" was the standard phrase for describing the expanding universe. On page 3860 below is reference to Edwin Hubble and Milton Humason and how they showed the it is "as though the whole universe were swelling up."

I wonder, how would our thinking about the origin of the universe change if instead of calling it the Big Bang, our name for it were "The Great Swelling?".