New Year's Resolutions

It's a never ending source of amazement to me
That permutations and combinations so many
Can be achieved by a bunch of quarks and gluons
The building blocks,whether quantum physics or neurons.
And though every day new applications are discovered
There are still so many mysteries to be uncovered.
But the world around us moves at a mind-boggling pace
Nothing remains the same for long in this corner of space.
Everyday around me,new breakthroughs I see
Whether it be medicine,computers or nanotechnology.
You might ask why this revelation struck me today
Why this sudden introspection,you might say?
Well,in my daily dose of the newspaper an article I read
"Fullerenes found in Ajanta-Ellora and Tipu Sultan's sword,"it said.
"What the heck are fullerenes and nanotubes",I thought
Greek and Latin it was and had me flummoxed.
And so to the Church of Google did this humble seeker make her way
The magnitude of her ignorance she learnt to her dismay.
A world of geodesic spheres,fullerenes and buckyballs.
Its applications in buckypaper and paper batteries et al.
Which then led me to think this
So caught up in the daily hustlebustle how much do we miss?
For in sticking to one's specialty,one passes up on all the fun
The sheer delight and complexity of the world around one.
In blissful ignorance,I so far chose to vegetate
So my New Year's resolution albeit late has been made today
To be not in my attention so frugal
To explore in greater depth the world of Google.
Today,a promise to myself I make
My thirst for knowledge I will more often slake
To the wonders of Creation I shall be not so blind
And make this world my personal diamond mine.

Liff As I Know It!