String Theory

No! Not the "...still-developing mathematical approach to theoretical physics, whose original building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings....string theory is the first candidate theory of everything, a way to describe all the known natural forces (gravitational, electromagnetic, weak and strong) and matter (quarks and leptons) in a mathematically complete system.", as defined by Wikipedia.


The quarks and leptons I'm talking about are those that mathematically, or otherwise, manipulate the lives of others around them for a plethora of reasons. Reasons that often defy...reason.

I'm a steadfast believer in doing for others in my life because I want to. Not because it'll earn me something tangible or a place in line at the proverbial Pearly Gates.

One of my all time favorite people on the planet, Jae, who has her own blog (see "Links I Like" section), writes, "It's hard to separate our feelings of obligation from our own healthy choices...bottom line, people do what they do. If they don't want to do it, they won't. If they did it with strings attached, they shouldn't be surprised when someone has scissors, and knows how to use them."

To that I announce -- I bought some scissors!!!