http://twisteducation.com/2009/03/22/71/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twisteducation.com/2009/03/22/71/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Henry M. Halff Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:12:59 +0000 http://twisteducation.com/?p=71#comment-3 Thanks for the compliment. As for divine guidance, I suppose that I've spent my life waiting for God to tell me what to do. I have gotten the occasional message, but it always comes in an unexpected form. Thanks for the compliment. As for divine guidance, I suppose that I’ve spent my life waiting for God to tell me what to do. I have gotten the occasional message, but it always comes in an unexpected form.

]]> http://twisteducation.com/2009/03/22/71/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Bro Halff Mon, 11 May 2009 06:11:06 +0000 http://twisteducation.com/?p=71#comment-2 I was moved by your description of luck and faith. I think that you are right about both creating the environment needed to achieve great things, and then believing that you can achieve them, with a large measure of the Divine Guidance that you mention. Staying focused on a goal, while allowing serendipity and reality to inform your actions, is a good plan. As a writer and painter, I can tell you that you never take an artistic creation "all the way" to its intended goal. You go as far as you can, but then the work itself, or some divine element of completion, makes it far greater than the sum of its parts. This only happens once in a while, but it is thrilling when it occurs. Having known Henry all my life, I can't think of anyone who is better at achieving the unimagined before people even know how much it will enrich their lives. Science education badly needs the joy of game-playing wed to the substance of scientific theory and the scientific method. Good luck! I was moved by your description of luck and faith. I think that you are right about both creating the environment needed to achieve great things, and then believing that you can achieve them, with a large measure of the Divine Guidance that you mention. Staying focused on a goal, while allowing serendipity and reality to inform your actions, is a good plan. As a writer and painter, I can tell you that you never take an artistic creation “all the way” to its intended goal. You go as far as you can, but then the work itself, or some divine element of completion, makes it far greater than the sum of its parts. This only happens once in a while, but it is thrilling when it occurs. Having known Henry all my life, I can’t think of anyone who is better at achieving the unimagined before people even know how much it will enrich their lives. Science education badly needs the joy of game-playing wed to the substance of scientific theory and the scientific method. Good luck!

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