Stick with me today as I geek out on science today.
I’ve been thinking about inertia. If you aren’t familiar with this term, here is a quick definition: Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion. You know, an object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest.
Think of a golf ball sitting on a tee. It will just sit there forever until some force, like a golf club, acts on it and forces it to move. Once it starts flying, if there wasn’t gravity to act upon the ball, it would just sail off into space.
Sometimes I am a golf ball! I need a little nudge, or occasionally a big “thwack”, to get me moving.
I had been looking at and talking about a project that I wanted to do at home for a couple of years now. I didn’t know where to start and I didn’t have the skills to move it forward. I was stuck. After a year of dreaming of the completed project, I received the nudge that I needed to get moving on it. The outside force was my dad. He had the skills needed for the project and was willing to teach me as we worked side-by-side to complete the work. That outside force made all of the difference.
Have you ever let inertia take hold of you? Maybe there’s a mess you need to clean up, a garden you need to weed, an apology you need to give, a room you need to paint, a doctor’s appointment you need to make. Big or small, whatever it is, you know you need to get going, but for whatever reason, you are stuck.
Here is a gentle nudge to get you going. Ask yourself why this thing you want to do is important to you! Then look around. Are you surrounding yourself with people or situations that are keeping you where you are, or are you surrounded by people and situations that will help you grow and move forward? Being around people in motion can be a great influence and help you get moving.
If you want to get moving on your health, are you associating with people that are also interested in improving their health? If you want to learn something new, are you around people that are also interested in learning? Do you surround yourself with people that are willing to encourage and support your dreams? Do you do the same for others?
Remember, every golf ball needs a golf club to help it get going!
The good news is, that once you get moving, inertia is also on your side. An object (or person) in motion tends to stay in motion until another force acts upon them.
Now get going!
Girl in the Garden 