Creating change // Changing with the waves

From the years ‘00

Instead of choosing for what I love, what excites me, what I do with joy; I chose what I do not dislike. Not bad. Not good either. Bland. Flat. Colorless. Responsible.

I had no idea what to do. Literally no idea what I’d love, what I’d truly enjoy. During high school, I’ve chosen biology as a special direction only out of pure pressure. Needing to choose I started by crossing out the things that I really didn’t like and really didn’t want to study. That’s how I got stuck with biology - something that did not necessarily excite me endlessly in the beginning however I also did not hate the subject.

Instead of choosing for what I love, what excites me, what I do with joy; I chose what I do not dislike. Not bad. Not good either. Bland. Flat. Colorless. Responsible. Without much excitement. It was only later that I discovered what I have chosen, what I have come to discover here studying biology.

Life is biology. Biology is life. Let me explain something about the relationship between the two. I now truly believe that although I felt forced to choose a responsible subject for my studies, something serious and scientific, in that framework I have still chosen what I am most curious about. I have chosen life. A special homage to my curiosity of life, if you please.

Biology is the science of all that is living on Earth. Mostly it is busy understanding a living organism, or a network of a bunch of them. And my enthusiasm arrived. My pure joy studying biology originated from the fact that I was now learning about Life itself and it’s intricate systems, and details. How it works. How life makes changes within & without an organism. Studying complete ecosystems and the magic of the life of the inside of a busy cell - this latter makes me jump with excitement as I write this now.

My first step towards discovering life as it. The given reality. My given reality. And there was much more to come. And so there is for you, I promise.

Love, Hanna