Carrying loads.

In life we carry many loads. Some are physical, like glasses or bowls, and some are mental- worries are an example. Some things, or people are built or trained to carry heavy loads. Growing up, we had a small part of or farm in a valley, and on harvest days we had to carry most of the loads uphill. By the time I was twelve, I could carry about one hundred and thirty pounds of cabbage for about half a mile uphill.

Of course, I didn't start with the heavy basket of cabbage. As far back as I can remember, the loads started light. When I was five I carried a gallon of water, by the time I was ten, it was a box of tomatoes which was between thirty and fifty pounds. To an outsider this may seem strange, but for us it was fun. I was trying to out- do my brothers. So I learned fast and got stronger faster. The point here is that given the right conditions, we can learn to become stronger, we can learn to carry heavy loads.

There also exists another way. Instead of learning to get strong, we can innovate. This approach is different, but requires the same kind of effort. Innovation requires the development of mental fortitude. Here instead of leaning to bare the pain of tired muscles under weight, one learns to overcome the boredom and mundainess of repeating stuff over and over and over again. At the same time one has to consider how to make the process more efficient over the scope of the project. One has to consider all of the factors that could possibly affect the process, and figure out ways to eliminate them.

From these two instances, it seems that in order to get work done there is always some form of stress or load. Unlike muscle stress which at the end of the day makes me want to sleep; mental load keeps me up all night.
Lucas K Fontenelle

On comparing apples and oranges.

I suppose that it is human nature to compare things in order to
decipher one from another. If comparing was done chiefly for this
reason the world would be a better place, however when most compare
things, the classification is vertical. We seem to always see things
as better than or deficient from another.

The tendency to vertically compare things cam lead to trouble,
especially when we compare things that on the surface seem alike, but
upon closer examination, are vastly different. A few pairs of
objects that we compare are; boys and girls and apples and oranges.
One reason that it may seem fit to compare apples and oranges, is that
fundamentally, they are both fruit. They have beautiful skins, they
contain seeds, they are good for ones health. On the other hand, boys
and girls are both humans.

By placing objects or things into a broad category it makes it easier
for many people to easily grasp the concept that is being discussed.
This shortcut, like most others is not without consequence. For
example oranges are yellow-orange, but that doesn't mean that all
fruit are that color or even have half of the properties of oranges.
Added to this, there are several varieties and flavors of oranges.

In  the same way, while humans are the same, essentially, they come in
SO many flavors also.  The message here is that all things are unique. Even
though they may have commonalities with others that look like them.
Therefore, when dealing with people and things we should work hard
to not treat them by the expectations of our broad categorization.
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