What if Life Were Simple?
Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Ken Bechtel in The Goo Blog
I was watching the movie Forrest Gump last night and it got me thinking, why do we make things so complex? Life is really simple if we let it be.
Again and again throughout his life, Forrest takes the simple and direct approach to whatever he encounters. He does not spend his energy explaining or justifying his actions. Nor does he dwell on the “what ifs†that many of us find ourselves paralyzed by every day. He just does it and it usually works out. (more…)
The Storm
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Ken Bechtel in The Goo Blog
Morning after the storm
Last night I went downtown to take a bus to meet a friend for a concert in Denver. As I was walking to the station, it started to snow. I knew snow was expected, but have never seen it hit like this.
It went from no snow, only rain, to at least two inches an hour. I gauged this rate of snowfall on the fact that when I got on the bus there was hardly any snow on the ground and when I got off the bus two hours and forty-five minutes later there was 6 – 8 inches on the ground. Heavy, wet, slippery Spring snow. (more…)
