Sander's Reflexions

I decided to start a blog a few days ago. It took me some time to really start blogging, but I would rather call it a reflex than something I reflected on. It was Jelle who gave me the trigger. He said I should do it and I thought I'll do it. However, I'm not sure that his words were spoken before the thought came into being. This two things might even be unrelated. It’s hard to prove that his words caused my thought. It’s very likely that I already wanted a blog before he said it. I definitely was conditioned, because a year ago another friend said I should start a weblog. It could also be that Roos smiled when I heard the word blog. Who knows? Anyway, on my way home I knew I would start a weblog.

The most difficult part was still to come. What would be my first story? There are so many irrelevant things to start with! There was one thing I was NOT going to do. I would not start with a My First Blog explaining why I wanted to write. No, my first story would be given by my best beloved. And this evening she gave me something to write about. So tonight I created my weblog. But things don’t always (or never) go as you expect. Before I could write my story Blogger asked me the title of my blog. A TITLE? I wasn’t prepared for that question. The answer was not given in a reflex. Lots of transpiration till I got the inspiration, or rather, hit the right word in the dictionary. But that needed some explanation. You’ll find most of it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_(computer_science)
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=reflection
The spelling? Do we reflect on the things we do or are our actions just reflexes?

Honestly, I’m very pleased with the title. It allows me to write about philosophy, mysticism, physics and even computer science.

Why do I write in English and not in Dutch? Just because I want to share some thoughts with friends outside The Netherlands. Forgive me this small mistake.
And the story of my beloved? Tomorrow….