I went for a walk today, and while I walked I began to notice things, and analyze them.

I've been studying science nearly nonstop for two months now. My understanding of the natural world has increased a good amount, and while I still have a long way to go, I was able to look around and understand the mechanisms in place that created the world I was walking through.

It started as I was staring at a puddle, and looking at the ripples. As I watched them, I began thinking of wave motion, and how waves interact with each other. I then looked up at the sky, and understood how clouds occur, and why rain happens. And then as I walked, I saw some leaves rotting on the ground into the soil, and a pinwheel spinning, and the blue color of the sky above. And for a moment, everything was a system I could understand.

It was in this moment that I achieved a sort of wondrous peace I only dream of, where the world is understood, and all the systems in it make sense, even if only on a superficial level. And I understood why I must become a science teacher, even if this sensation is a gift enough.

There is beauty in the systems of this world. My focus is biology- I love how life works, the cycles, the systems, and all the amazing little variations that make it such a wonderful thing. I love spiders and viruses and RNA and protein and nerve cells and photosynthesis and fungi, and I want to share this amazing world with others. This is such a huge, amazing world, full of fascinating lifeforms and pseudolifeforms, and people barely blink at them. But when you know what's going on, and really think about it, this whole life thing we've got on this planet is freaking amazing. There's probably life elsewhere, as it seems to me that if life is possible, it is inevitable, but we've done so incredibly well on this planet that I just go mad with the excitement.

In any case, I have to study stuff now. Today, I'll study geology and meteorology, two of my least favorite sciences, but hopefully I'll make some progress and get a good enough understanding of them for the WEST exam so I don't have to worry about them anymore. In any case, science rules.

Germboy, out/Peace.