How can you stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world?

Yesterday, I experienced first-hand that nature has a great calming effects. It soothes your nerves and helps to get a different perspective on your problems.
I was feeling anioux and fidgety, without any particular reason. I couldn't focus on anything, even on relaxing. So I took the bike and went on a long bike ride. The weather was wonderful, sunny and fresh with crisp air. It gave me new energy.  I couldn't take my eyes off  beautiful colors around me. It reminded me how lucky I am to be alive and it made me wonder once again at the beauty of nature.

The beauty of nature reminds you how lucky you are to be alive. 

Such moments are worth living for. When you feel alive and free!!

Have a wonderful day.

Inspirational people part 1

Today I've came across a video where Will Smith was talking about motivation.
I knew he was a good actor, and I've appreciated him as an artist, however I didn't know that he was so motivated and could serves as a great source of inspiration.
Here are some of his thoughts that I find especially insightful and in line with my outlook on life:

"There's a delusional idea that all successful people have- they believe what others don't believe.  They believe that something different can happen."
"If you believe in your goal there's no need for a plan B- coz' it only distracts you from the plan A."
"Excel yourself everyday. Act as a maniac on a mission.  If you want to be good at something you must possess skill. You learn the skill by working hard everyday, by making an effort and trying to be better day by day."
"Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road ro mediocrity."

The last quote is my favourite. You must believe in yourself and your dreams no matter what. Dreams are not realistic, and only great people achieve what's beyond other reach.
Let's our dreams soar, and never doubt in yourself.

Fascinating Face of Time

Time. It is everywhere, we cannot stop it, make it go faster or influence it in any way. It just runs its course no matter if we want it or not. Have you ever noticed that we know so little about time although it conditions our lives in so many ways?

We can't stop time, and it ticks the same for everybody. We can decide, though, what we'll do with the time given to us.

I dare say time may be the biggest mystery of science. We can measure it but it is hard to define what exactly time is. In the same manner, it is impossible to establish what time it is now. When it comes to human time, there have been and still are a lots of calendars, different depending on a culture. It is 2011 in Georgian calendar, 5771-5772 in Hebrew calendar, and 7519-7520 in Byzanthine calendar, to name just a few. How do we know which system is correct? Anyways, the calendars are just a matter of convention.
Cosmic time may be seen as a slightly different thing. Although scientists can estimate how old our universe is, it is hard to say if time started ticking with the Big Bang or if it had existed even before our universe came into being.
Such mind-buggling questions require loads of imagination. It is difficult enough to picture a 'time' when nothing existed, so envisioning a 'time' without time is just too challenging.
The greatest physicist,  Albert Einstein, described time as a part of space-time continuum. A fabric with intervowen threads may serve as a model of this contiuum where two dimensions, time and space, intersect and complement each other. According to this theory all past, present, and future events are already there, they all have already happened. Our experience depends on where in the continuum we are in a given moment.

According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, matter bends the fabric of spacetime.

Such a deterministic approach may put us down a little bit. If the future is already mapped out for us, what is the use in my trying?
Quantum physics offers help there offering a different theory of time. There is an infinite number of versions of a single event, just as there is an infinte number of electron positions in a given moment. It gives endless possibilities of any event, or action.
The latter theory gives hope. If nothing is set in stone, every decision we make may (theoretically!) turn up million possible ways. Isn't that fascinating?We can't even expect what the future holds in stock for us.

Let's enjoy the exploration of the unknown, wonderful world.

P.S The post is inspired by the documental "Brian Cox explains what time it is" Forgive my lack of scientific insight and possible errors.