What was that supposed to mean?
“Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts, And Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted”
Albert Einstein
You are right; I’m an optimistic soul, which makes me feel as if asked between Chick and the Egg that came first. It should be both together because the Chick went into the kitchen & cracked the Egg to make an Omelette. In lawsuits where the glass is Empty or Full. I choose Half Empty & Half Full that keeps giving me a backlash to be in — On mode. When asked, how much is too much? Mercy Damit before your mouth; your body will let you recognize that. These and many more are the haunting questions that people feel they cannot come up with answers to, spinning like a Top. If you are one of those, it’s nothing your engine is off the track treading. Hold on to a pencil and flex it in front of your eyes, giving you zoom in and zoom out effect. Afterwards, close your eyes and allow your palms to cross. That’s how I reboot every day, and frankly, it works.
This famous quote from Einstein
The Original Quotation, which holds my title on this page, stands erred in Grammarly. It’s not my intelligence, but the English language also disapproves of it. Accordingly, to not show me erroneously had to abide by the platform.
“Not everything that counted counts, and not everything that counts can count.”
I read this quotation without end before I shared my emotions. I scanned it left-right, right-left, up-down & down-up. But that gives me the impression of being the Blood Group -Negative. I’m not in the state of raising a finger on the great Einstein that his mathematics was weak, which would doubt my mental capability. Who had broken records in nearly all areas by being a pioneer? The robbery of his brain diagnosed & devised thoroughly in advance. After his death, some people felt that massaging his brain on their everyday will pass on them more gray cells. Where I know the price of my brain, a junkyard dealer will not be ready to commit a penny to it. But you see, it doesn’t matter to me; in fact, it means knowing your gray zones with your damaged gray cells.
Finally, to get to the bottom of it, I eroded the sentence into two parts. I then Zeroed down on two things that Einstein was trying to score on Count & Not Count. Then, finally, I settled to make two lists of things which can stand counted & which fail to count.
For the fourth consecutive year, Finland has classified as the happiest country. I knew from where the project was going to lead off. I got an opportunity to interview with few generous people in Finland.
First of all, they curved me up on stuff that you can’t count, and you shouldn’t offend the law on it.
The mountain of laundry sitting on the corner of your bed can make you tearful if you end up counting.
Your bar bill can never fall calculated as your number of drinks. But, staring at the account will always make your heart yearn.
How much grease did you get in your Hair? You can finish oiling your engine parts if you have the patience to press, rub and twist your Hair on them. The fact that the things you believe are most visible in reality is insignificant.
Your glare in the mirror in the morning after a heavy drunken night may not be recognizable. It doesn’t matter; it’s the coal tar face pack that you forgot to rinse off.
Calories can’t be measured even if you are assessing your every bite. Your weight on the scale does not matter counting or blinking will not alter it. Hence the excess weight can go ahead; in cursing your boobs to it.
How many Emails did you never get back? The expectations never add up measured in the measuring cup.
The Food in the refrigerator is Magical that can Disappear or Appear in One Fell Swoop, just like your lapses in the memory game can’t reckon.
Drunk texts do not bother because they typed when your mind has expired, but your body does not renounce Steroids.
Your Bank Account drop, drop, drop is more complex to operate than the Stock Market.
Your chase behind the Hens to get them leaves you in tatters. The profuse sweat of hard labor can never hold on to any barometer.
Your tears, endless brooks go on a roller coaster ride from your cheeks, neck and down to your chest. Arrive at your clothes appears they fought the war of wailing. Squeezing the clothes on gauging the tears can never count the nails on your psyche.
Rain from the sky, Pastures blades & Sips from a Glass aren’t counted, but enjoyed with all the things above.
Things that stand counted where the flexibility urged Time is a significant percentage of this Sport.
Your Puzzle Pieces
Cotton Balls
Toothpicks
Pom Poms
LEGO Bricks
Drinking Straws
Popcorn Kernels
Brines on the maize.
Mini Marshmallows
Pebbles
Bread Slices
Advice
Headaches
Apples on top of trees.
Grains of Rice
Goosebumps on your Skin.
Fake Smile
Your Hair is bowing out of your face after you shave.
Your defective teeth.
The Brilliant Ideas of yours.
Your legacy of Anger
Your heritage of Fears
Your Accidents, Tongue Bites, and Deceptions are all countable with all of the above.
The lesson I squashed out of it was Albert Einstein didn’t live in his spirit fully. If only he could have met the Finns, he could have made a difference in his life. Unfortunately, however, some things in life are late.