What if?
Sometimes I wonder.
That's not necessarily a bad thing. And sometimes the oddest thoughts come from moments of wonder.
Often times, we as humans ascribe personalities to inanimate objects. I've been an airplane mechanic for 30+ years, and can tell you airplanes each have their own unique quirks. Some you can just fly and fly, others need a little bit of coaxing out of a warm airplane hangar. They're only inanimate objects, but we refer to them as "he" or "she".
A co-worker of mine has a photo of a 1973 Ford Mustang fastback on his computer screen. It's his car, and apparently his first car, which he still owns. Several others I work with are restoring vehicles. You can drive around Ogden and find all kinds of antique shops. We, as people, put a lot of stock into stuff.
Was thinking about the thing with cars and planes, and I'm sure trains, and other kinds of machinery. Moving things tend to have quirks, as I said, that we describe as personality traits.
Want to know what else has personality traits?
living things. Like birds. And animals.
I read an article tonight online that said the Government isn't going to go after energy companies for "accidentally" killing wildlife, particularly birds, anymore.
And I couldn't help but think: What if we gave the same respect and reverence to living things that we do to inanimate objects?
That's not necessarily a bad thing. And sometimes the oddest thoughts come from moments of wonder.
Often times, we as humans ascribe personalities to inanimate objects. I've been an airplane mechanic for 30+ years, and can tell you airplanes each have their own unique quirks. Some you can just fly and fly, others need a little bit of coaxing out of a warm airplane hangar. They're only inanimate objects, but we refer to them as "he" or "she".
A co-worker of mine has a photo of a 1973 Ford Mustang fastback on his computer screen. It's his car, and apparently his first car, which he still owns. Several others I work with are restoring vehicles. You can drive around Ogden and find all kinds of antique shops. We, as people, put a lot of stock into stuff.
Was thinking about the thing with cars and planes, and I'm sure trains, and other kinds of machinery. Moving things tend to have quirks, as I said, that we describe as personality traits.
Want to know what else has personality traits?
living things. Like birds. And animals.
I read an article tonight online that said the Government isn't going to go after energy companies for "accidentally" killing wildlife, particularly birds, anymore.
And I couldn't help but think: What if we gave the same respect and reverence to living things that we do to inanimate objects?
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