Weekly Inspiration (07/23/16)

Photo taken 7-3-16 at 8:47 P.M. in Apollo, PA

"And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land." (Song of Sol. 2:12)

Daffodils...A Welcome Sight

 

What a welcome sight!  Spring has arrived.  Please don't tell me, "We're not out of the woods yet."  Daffodils vs. the meteorologist.  I'll take the daffodils.  If nothing else they're defiant.  Even if there is one more cold snap, which I highly doubt, don't tell the daffodils.  They're having too much fun.

"The flowers have already appeared in the land..." (Song of Sol. 2:12)

The Weber-Fechner Law

In his post titled "Overstimulated", Seth Godin referred to the Weber-Fechner Law.  "The more stimulus you're getting (light, sound, pressure, delight, sadness) the less easily you can notice a small change."

I thought about conscience.  The more you participate in something destructive, the less likely your conscience bothers you.  That doesn't make participation acceptable.  It only makes it seem less of a threat.  You fail to recognize one small change after another.  Small changes lead to big change.

Weber-Fechner also teaches about character.  The more you participate in something constructive, the less likely you'll think you're making progress.  Character is developed one step at a time.  Just because you don't see change doesn't mean it's not there.  It means you haven't settled, you haven't arrived, you're not satisfied.

Bottom line.  Every choice matters.  Makes good ones today.  Catch the little foxes (Song of Sol. 2:15).

Godin's post is at http://tinyurl.com/cs8enhv.  For more on the Weber-Fechner Law go to http://tinyurl.com/bt9nqdm.