Have you seen the movie Runner, Runner with Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake? In it they say, "Anything we touch, touches us". What struck me is how significant that line really is. While I believe we are much more than the sum of all of the life experiences we've encountered, the point is made that there are gradients of events and experiences, interpretations and beliefs, that when we engage with them they change us in return. In changing us, it’s hard to go back to where we were before. I also thought about our how we’re continually interacting with the nature of our environments and … [Read more...]