Hmmm Computers.  They can be the best thing since sliced bread or an incredible source of frustration.  Or both.  Within15 minutes.  That’s the way this one is.
I have a new computer.  It is supposed to be real fast.  I say supposed as newness necessitates loading what I had on my old computer on to this one.  That is time consuming.  And of course Windows is going through changes so I need to do things I have never needed to before.
Add to that our NBN has chosen this time to be incredibly dicy.  At first people were visiting.  Then they emailed to say they were not and asked I contact them.  But the contact method was so hard to do and finding how to contact them was like pursuing hidden treasure.  Then they said they fixed it from afar.  Then I managed to contact them and they said they would monitor it.  All done and all good apparently.  Except my computer still says I am not connected to the internet when I am.  If these things are sent to try us then they have a win.
But at other times they can be so great.  I was talking to my doctor (he seems really unusual in that he wants a chat) and he was saying how good AI is for him.  He has a special noiseless computer that is only available in GB and costs a fortune (he is from GB).  It broke down and he was told he would need a new one.  That had its own challenges as the computer only came from GB)
So he described the problem and asked AI what to do.  He got incredibly detailed instructions.  After two days and working on the mother board and coding he had a fix.  AI also gave him where he could get the parts he needed.
I found it really interesting how he talked about AI.  It is a known point that AI comes from its own agenda.  Knowing that, he has gotten as many AI programs as he can and found the best one that suites him. 
It showed me that for those who are willing to explore what is being said AI is a friend.  For those who will embrace anything they are told AI will potentially work against them.  For some that will be considered ok while for others it will be a frustration.
There is a whole world in computers though at this point I just want one that works as it should. 

I look around the room I am in and realise I am a bit of a collector.  Not a hoarder (I have seen them on tv, and it is like the keeping of things takes over).  I tend to view things in the light of “I control it, it does not control me”)
Anyway I was looking at the paintings on the wall and realize we have a few of them.  Many we have were from a mutual mate who was getting rid of heaps (I would actually say he was a hoarder).  When we saw some of them, we decided to give them a good home.    There are a number we have we got like that.  Many of them are Australian scenes.  Bush scenes, early aboriginal scenes, homesteads, and classic bush scenes.
A couple came from a home my mum was in.  She was looking after someone who was not all there.  The home had paintings from when someone else was there.  They are pretty old.
We do like aboriginal art and Merril has a couple of pictures on the wall done by artists from central Australia.  I have a couple I think are touristy rip offs.  I like em, but I do not think they are genuine.
They reckon (and I have no idea how true it is) a collection of something constitutes at least three.  To that end I have often sought to have three of a particular thing.  I am really a bit that way with my stamp collection.  A set may be five but if I have three I am happy. (of course if I have five there is a good chance I am even happier).
There was a stage when the Reject Shop was selling paintings.  They have not done it for ages, but I happened to be collecting paintings at the time.  I generally went for sets of three.  I was really pleased and amazed at some I got and the price I got them at.
We have reached the stage where we do not need any more, but we like what we have a lot.

Once again, I have lived my whole life and just realized the meaning of a concept that has been in vogue (and rightly so it seems) for ages.  The power of one.
It highlights something I am really big on.  How one life can have a huge impact.  How an act of mercy or kindness of one to another, can have implications on the lives of many for generations.  What gets me is how the ramifications of an action are so often way bigger than originally intended. 
These are the actions of one person listed on the computer that had implications way beyond the initial act of kindness:
A paramedic intervened during a critical moment when a young mother, Lauren Elizabeth, was contemplating suicide on a highway overpass. By simply asking if she was okay, he initiated a chain of events that led to her receiving the help she needed, ultimately saving her life and allowing her to remain a mother to her two children.
As a pioneering war correspondent, Gellhorn reported on major conflicts over a 60-year career, breaking barriers for women in journalism. Journalism for her covered the human cost of war rather than just the strategies of generals.  Her relentless pursuit of truth and commitment to uncovering the realities of war changed how such stories were reported and inspired future generations of journalists.
I reckon there is something in this that needs to be shouted from the house tops.  That is “every life is significant.”  It seems to me kids experience a lack of purpose and meaning in this day and age.  Yet each of us can make a huge difference.
It does not need to be an on-going act of kindness but a one-off intervention.  I don’t know how true it is, but the Dutch boy who plugged the dam is an example of a one-off act that had huge implications for many.
I came across a saying that had a nail lacking for a horseshoe that prevented the use of a horse, that prevented a rider that prevented a win in a battle, that prevented the winning of a war.  All due to the lack of a nail.
The whole point to me is that I need to stop putting myself down.  At any time an action of mine may change the course of history for the better.  That sounds dramatic but no one knows the implications of an act of kindness and how it can change to the course of another and others lives for the better.