When I was just a kid I used to sneak into my parents bathroom and adjust the medicine chest door - it was a mirror - so that the reflections would bounce down what seemed like an endless tunnel. I suppose that was when I first pondered the concept of 'Infinity'.

Some folks just don't get the idea of 'Infinity' and I have to wonder what it is they think is on the other side of the 'wall' you run into when you run out of time or miles or money or whatever it is you're supposed to run out of when you get to the 'edge'. Like is there supposed to be nothing on the other side? What if you looked over the 'wall', would you see the back of your head? Possibly, who's to know? Maybe you would see yourself looking back at yourself giving yourselves the fright of your lives.

For me it's just easier to imagine that the road never ends. It just goes on and on and on. Maybe the odd twist and bump, but no end. If it did end would you just fall off the end of the road and cease to exist? Would you hit a wall and vaporize and would there be 'nothing' on the other side of the wall? I have more trouble with that concept than I do with the road never ending. It's just easier to explain wouldn't you say?

I'm sure these things have been pondered before and will be for some time to come. Any creature that has stared into the night sky has had to wonder about these things I would think. Some will see the beauty of the night sky and others will see an infinite quantity of unanswered questions just begging for an explanation. It's what I would say keeps things interesting and is the reason for being.

Check back regularly, no telling what little nugget of gnarled knowledge or whimsical wisdom you're going to unearth here but I will guarantee it won't be a 'horse nugget'.

Hasta Luego

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