Math

                                
                                My husband saw this and said, "That's such bullsh*t." Haha!

Ok but really, people hate math! Hate it! And I understand why. Who likes feeling clueless, and dare I say it? Dumb. Not me, that's for sure, and not anyone I know of, either. Also, there are so many rules to math - you can't do this, you have to do that - and God forbid you make one little tiny mistake, then you are WRONG. Wrong? Really?? Yes, your whole answer, it's wrong. And then you take it personally - math is very unforgiving... quite judgmental really!

So you have this... subject. This way of thinking, that's full of rules, feels constricting, and is very unforgiving and judgmental. Oh, and tedious! I mean really, some Algebra problems seem to go on forever. Math can be extremely boring sometimes, especially when you are learning a concept, and you have to do problem after problem of the saaame crap, the same steps over and over. Blech.

But really, it's awesome. It is! I mean, you have the whole boring, scary side to math, but damn, math is great. For one, you could use math as an analogy for life. Life can be... problematic. Life can be hard, tedious, downright infuriating. Life takes a lot of hard work! Life can be unforgiving, even more so than math. One little mistake can lead to a lot of bigger mistakes, and then what do you have? An eraser? Thankfully, in math you do.

And when (if) the light finally comes on for you in math, you count your blessings! "Thank GOD the light finally came on! I got it!" Just like finding your niche in life, I guess, if one ever does. Plus, the lessons we learn in math tend to build on each other, get harder with time. Isn't it like that with life as well? Don't you wish you could trade some of your adult problems for some of the problems you had as a kid? If I could go back in time, with the knowledge I have now, I would be unstoppable! BUT, we live and we learn, and for us, time doesn't go backwards, only forward. And sometimes we need some help, just as with linear equations...

Okay, but now I'm going to stop waxing philosophic (philosophical?), and let you in on something very practical. As a life long math-phobic, this changed my life. And I'm not kidding. Okay, here it is: If you can do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, you can do math. ALL math, not just some of it, all of it. ALL math is based on the things we learned in elementary school. Then, you just have to learn the 'etiquette', the rules for living in Math society. The formulas. Isn't that cool? Kinda takes some of the mystique and scariness out of math, to know that YOU can do it, doesn't it? Fabulous.

So, I have to thank Mr. Sani, for laying that crazy, practical math wisdom on me! He was my professor last semester. Now I'm considering a math minor. Can you believe it? Isn't life grand? I love it.

                                       Some very mathematical looking shells. Pretty.