I used to have a poster on my wall of Albert Einstein. I think he endured various spots of my room(s) for about 5 years. I got the poster in some science store at Navy Pier in Chicago. The poster was actually kind of creepy looking. I remember that I had a friend that didn't like sleeping in my room because you could kind of see his face in the dark. That was funny though.:) The picture itself was a black and white, he wasn't smiling, and his hair is everywhere. I think his hair is awesome, very trademark of Einstein. I mean who was rockin that hairdo in that day? Nobody. Anyway, I haven't had the poster for a while because it was wasn't vibing with my other posters as my style progressed and well, I get bored after a while. Yesterday I found myself wishing I still had it because the statement underneath that picture of him said simply, "I want to know the thoughts of God, the rest are details." I think that is quite the statement for someone so (ehem) brilliant.
The reason I thought of this yesterday was because I spent a lot of time downtown studying/procrastinating/running into people. This gave me ample time to eavesdrop on quite a few conversations. Unintentionally, of course. What am I to do when I am doing mindless work and people are chatting all around me? So, details. Details is what everyone seems to be consumed with. Could be details of a relationship, a class, a job, the weather, their family, their disappointment, etc. I myself, consumed with the details of trying to study for a psych test while facing constant distraction of the details of my life outside of studying.
Details are distracting from experience, from reality, far too often I think.
I do think that details are unavoidable and certainly necessary in some cases, but when all we think about are the details, the pixels if you will, we are never going to get the WHOLE PICTURE.
Albert Einstein was a genius at the details, brilliant. And yet, he wanted to know the thoughts of God because in his BRILLIANCE he realized that there was more. That ultimately, God is all that matters.
When you step outside of your own details you step outside of yourself. Unfortunately, I think that quite a few people spend their whole life consumed with whatever details they find most interesting and never stop to ponder anything bigger than themselves.
I believe that when people do ponder, and find something bigger than themselves (GOD), and in turn commit thier life to HIS control, the details take care of themselves.

Psych test in T-minus 2 hours. One of those necessary details.:)

love is a verb.