GUT: An overview...

A theory that ties all forces of nature together, from the micro to the macro, this is the basic definition of the Grand Unified Theory.  But I think it may go far beyond physics and gravity and the speed of light.

I have been called a Hindu on more that one occasion. I don’t like to pigeon-hole myself with too many labels and since I don’t believe in any kinds of deity, I like this idea of the Grand Unified Theory as “religion.”  It all starts with the “Golden Rule” of treating others as you would like to be treated.  From there it bubbles up through a layer of what you do today will impact something or someone somewhere at some time.  

Now don’t get the idea that I sit and worry about a decision and wonder how it will affect the amount of the blueberry crop in North Carolina this year, but I do believe that if I decide to say hello to someone I pass on the street that I have affected that person in a positive way and who knows maybe they will do something good in the future in part due to my salutation.

I think where my theory might fail though is I don’t as easily follow it through to the negative end.  That same person I don’t say hello too may end up doing something bad because I didn’t give them that moment of my day.

So where does this leave us in the grand unified theory of EVERYTHING.  Not sure but I will still say hello to a stranger and hold the door open for the person behind me and throw a few  extra bucks into the pot when out with dinner with friends because I never know when that person might be beside me at a blackjack table and they take they 10 that would have busted me and instead I get the 9 which gives me 21 and wins me a bit of money.