The quest for knowledge. Mankind has always had a quest for knowledge. Some have this burning desire early in life, that continues all their life. Most get wrapped up in day to day life and the interest fades or is sidelined. Interesting how once retirement negates the ever busy day to day life, and the thirst for knowledge intensifies. Two types of interest arise from this quest. One, to read and know what has already been discovered, you just have to read what is already know. Secondly and more interesting, are the questions and interest in knowledge for what is still unknown. Most times, what ever knowledge is acquired results in more questions for the unknown. Mankind's forgotten history from tens of thousands of year ago. Advanced knowledge that was lost to the ages. Where did it come from, and how was it lost. Evidence of lost technological knowledge that is out of reach even today, largely unexplained, expressed only as theories, that are dismissed by provable science, but never the less existed and was well beyond today's scientific or explanation. These are the questions that occupy inquiring minds. Things that exist from the ancient past, that can not be technology explained. Ancient stone structures, leaps in mankind's genetic and DNA development, evidence and accounts of ancient encounters between man and beings perceived as "gods" that came from the heavens. Questions that may never be answered, technology that may never be rediscovered. But as man's knowledge advances at an exponentially ever increasing speed... what will we know tomorrow? What will we know in my lifetime, or that of my grandchildren? And what will still remain a mystery? What discoveries will change everything? Or who will return to reveal all the answers to all the questions? Something to ponder with extra time now afforded by retirement and a much less busy lifestyle. Or perhaps time is better shared with simply watching the wonders of nature and enjoying the motion of the trees in the afternoon breeze, the waves lapping at the shore, and the beautiful skies during a sunset. One thing is for certain... you can enjoy it any way you like.
