I had some wisdom dropped on me earlier today by Dr. Douglas Gates, my chiropractor, while he was snapping my neck in place. All this back cracking made me curious if the myth of cracking knuckles really led to arthritis and found it did not. Myth busted. However, he went on the explain that we secrete a fluid and sandy substance to protect our joints and when pressure is applied it results in the popping sound we all hear. Naturally all this talk about secretion branched off into the topic of how our body adapts to protect itself. We forget negative symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, and fevers are all ways in which our body defends itself against foreign bacteria and infections.

I tried to relate this to other parts of my life and realized that there are many times in which situations we consider an inconvenience are really pointing to a deeper problem. These negative symptoms are just signs saying "Hey! Watch out!" Things like fire detectors seem pointless and annoying when they go off when we are cooking dinner but can be life saving in the case of real danger. Oversleeping may be a symptom pointing to depression. A nagging mother is a sign of frustration and that maybe picking up those clothes off the floor will stop the inconvenience. 

I even appreciate crying because it reminds me I am a human being and I am allowed to feel. Perhaps I express my emotions in a more obnoxious way with tears dripping down my chin but I feel grateful to feel something as powerful as sadness, hurt, or happiness and crying shows me just that. So thanks 104 degree fever and explosive diarrhea. I appreciate you taking care of my body.

The Genesis

In the beginning when Daniel created this blog, the blog was a formless void, formatted with a generic base template. Then Daniel said  "Let there be new generic template", and saw that it was good. Daniel called the blog Thoughts of Babel. He saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.

Who.
Daniel Ahn. I am on a journey to become closer with God through church, people, ideas, food, song, and life. I go to church, read the bible, pray, eat healthy, exercise regularly, sing and dance everywhere, think too much, and try too hard to be funny.

What.
          "Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning            of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them".
       
          Genesis 11:6

The Tower of Babel was a story where the LORD confused language and scattered people. Today, communicating with one another seems so difficult. Not only because of the differences in languages, but ambiguity from word definitions, to sentence structure, and even body language. The result of our inability to fully understand one another has been the cause of war, discrimination, stagnation, hate, and every other evil thing to happen to this world.

Why.
Thoughts of Babel seeks to communicate my language and thoughts to the world. It hopes to help others realize their own thoughts, and the thoughts of others around them, so that we can all come closer to speaking one language like in the times of Genesis. It hopes to create a community where people can openly communicate and learn to understand one another while growing in faith.

 One language, one people, one God.

SUMMARY:
My name is Daniel Ahn and I am blogging my thoughts and experiences. The world is too big a place to experience in one life time. I hope to create a community where we can all share and vicariously experience life to appreciate it the way it was supposed to be. Welcome.