gravitational pull

i have yet to read or watch the secret. but i am one of those who believe in the marginal (or overwhelming--depending on your stand) truth behind the laws of attraction.

i, of course, believe in gravity. demonstration: throw an apple high up, and you are certain to find yourself avoiding its vengeful and inevitable drop. it's because the earth is much denser (by an infentisimal amount) than the apple that we are to conclude that it's the earth that pulls the apple back, and not the apple pulling the earth towards it. physicists may argue that such an overly simplistic explanation of the phenomenon is hard evidence of the human intellect's impending doom. i couldn't care less.

following this logic, however, we find other evidences of 'denser' objects pulling smaller matter towards them albeit virtually at a stalemate at times. one example, the sun tugging at the planets. black holes sucking the life out of stars and systems. the corruption in government draining the citizen's morale (and money).

closer to home, i find that the same principle applies to my things. i organize my desk once every 6 months or so. as soon as it's all cleared out and functional once again, objects begin covering the white space. first a receipt from the grocery. then my phone bill. tomorrow, a calling card. a bit later, a pile of books i recently buy. along with the receipt. and the plastic. if i'm lucky, that goes with a free booklet on the month's hottest selection. coins. newspaper clippings. scratch paper.

give it a few weeks and that single receipt (coupled with the extremely 'dense' white space--i have to say, white space seems to be the 'densest' of all. just go and see where most graffiti and vandalism end up.) has managed to increase its mass to a whole melange of dusty rubbish, and several hours' worth of sorting and segregating, my desk hardly able to serve its intended purpose.

so today, in spite of my solid belief in the laws of attraction, we shall put this principle to the test. now, the desk is cleared out. its purpose, again offered. its destiny... to attract rubbish??

in less than an hour i've already managed to place a magazine clip about a parisian café and an african beach resort on top of my desk. we shall see if it's dense enough to attract others...

if this theory turns out correct, then i shall have a wad of cash waiting for the next attempt. perhaps over time it would attract millions! and i shall no longer have to count on the lotto. which by the way has recently declared a sole winner... for P 120 Million. that lucky bastard must be really really dense!