Dec 24 2008
energy
I was born with no energy, into a body that wants to lay. In fact, I could be typical. There is a law of biology that states that an organism will expend the minimum amount of energy in order to meet some goal; we were born for caloric efficiency. But there are two ways to be calorically efficient, and one is good and one is bad. The first way, which is the way I tend to be, is the bad way. In this mode of operation, the organism simply declines to expend calories, resulting in doing nothing and being worthless. This is efficient. Nothing wagered, nothing lost. One stays at zero. In the second mode, the organism is active and involves itself in a smattering of healthy and productive enterprises. One expends energy, which is undesirable, but one reaps the benefits of an active, engaged life. Over time I have become part of a world of organisms that operate in this latter mode, and for years I have been adapting to this world. Do I like it? Is it working for me? I was in the kitchen today musing aloud about this topic to someone born energetic. I told her I was naturally sedentary. “Yeah, you can’t be like that in advertising,” she said. Then I ate cookies.
