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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light.  This did not happen by chance.
Isaac Newton (1643 -1727)

Sunshine and Shadows

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34 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2012

34 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Marcie says:
    July 29, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    Terrific quote..and absolutely gorgeous light. Love the silhouetted tree!

  2. London Caller says:
    July 29, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    So how did this happen? ;)
    Why do we exist?
    And why do we have to die? ;o)

    • CherryPie says:
      July 29, 2012 at 11:08 pm

      How did this happen… That is a difficult thought and difficult to explain.

      Why do we exist… Life is for learning ;-)

      Why do we have to die… Our essence (soul) never dies ;-)

  3. Sean Jeating says:
    July 30, 2012 at 12:25 am

    Ah … your oak tree is a fine foreground.
    As for the quote: If Newton would have thought he had evidence of “This did not happen by chance”, he would have told. Definitely! Obviously he had not. Thus, any other dilettant uttering “This did happen by chance” is as wrong as Newton was.

    Perhaps the dilettant is less influenced by her time. :)

  4. Sean Jeating says:
    July 30, 2012 at 1:15 am

    Here cometh one answer: No one knows.
    Well, except of those worth a serene laughter.

  5. Claude says:
    July 30, 2012 at 2:58 am

    Beautiful, beautiful photo, Cherie. :-)

  6. Ginnie says:
    July 30, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    Isaac Newton clearly knew what he was talking about, Cherry. I love the skeleton of trees in silhouette. It’s like you can see their soul.

    • CherryPie says:
      July 30, 2012 at 9:47 pm

      I stand underneath that tree, look up and touch its leaves and I can feel its soul…

      It has grown so much since I first enjoyed its company :-)

      And I have grown in different ways.

  7. liz says:
    July 30, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    yet so many would argue that it did.

  8. JD says:
    July 30, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    and the moon and the sun appear exactly the same size when viewed from the earth which is why a solar eclipse is so spectacular
    chance also?
    :)
    here’s a little book with more puzzles-
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moon-Earth-Wooden-Books-Gift/dp/1904263461/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343673381&sr=8-2

  9. J_on_tour says:
    July 30, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    A quality opening image in the … err … “forget me not” style ;-)
    The philosophers of the middle ages may not have got everything right but they were well rounded people unlike some of the scientists of today … who do not everything right either :-)
    I agree, our soul never dies but it may take a lifetime to discover why that is. It’s always helpful to discover the reason earlier in life.

    • CherryPie says:
      July 30, 2012 at 10:11 pm

      Most of the scientists of today have forgotten what it is all about. The have lost contact with their soul!

      Life is for learning…

      • JD says:
        July 30, 2012 at 11:26 pm

        modern science is the study of nature as if it were dead, without spirit
        I blame Robert Boyle

        • CherryPie says:
          July 31, 2012 at 12:24 am

          On the whole modern science has lost its roots. Nature provides a key to understanding…

          Nature has a spirit, a soul and it connects ;-)

  10. Claude says:
    July 31, 2012 at 1:38 am

    From Friedrich Schleiermacher: “By the ingenious mechanism of this community, the slightest movement of each individual is conducted like electricity through a long chain of a thousand living links.”

    From Emerson: “There is a relation between the hours of our life and the centuries of time.”

    As you say, Cherie, we’re all connected with nature, and with each other.
    A great post and photo. As always! :-)

    • CherryPie says:
      July 31, 2012 at 9:35 pm

      I love those quotes, I had not heard either of them before. Thank you :-)

      Everything is connected!

      And thank you for your kind comments about my photos and thoughts :-)

  11. james higham says:
    July 31, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    Wonder what Newton would have made of the Big Bang.

  12. Andrew says:
    August 1, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Indeed Isaac, In a universe of so many worlds life is going to be found in those places that are, eh… suitable for life. Which may or may not have been what you had in mind.

    It’s like wondering why water-loving plants only grow near water, or desert plants in the desert, etc… Nobody planted them there.

    • CherryPie says:
      August 1, 2012 at 10:12 pm

      Now that makes me wonder if those many worlds (planets I am thinking here) would support the same life as we see on earth or would the lifeforms, which might be as small as a single microbe be different?

      • Andrew says:
        August 1, 2012 at 11:04 pm

        Certainly somewhat different, I’d bet, at least I’m sure they won’t be having their Olympics in a city they call London this year and the swimmers in the Olympic pool may have eight legs ;) … but… will they still be based on RNA, DNA, proteins, fats and carbohydrates like we are, or on different chemistry altogether? I’d love to know.

        • CherryPie says:
          August 1, 2012 at 11:19 pm

          Eight legs worries me a little… It reminds me of spiders (silly phobia of mine)…

          Moving away from that… I think the lifeforms would be different and It would be fascinating to know, how they differ…

          But of course I could be totally wrong in my thinking ;-)