Hysteresis 101

Ok, I am yet another thirty something guy who, over a coffee and an omelet this morning, decided to start a blog…. Not sure what it is exactly that I think I have to offer, it is more a place to vent what rolls around in this head of mine to be honest; ramblings, poetry, opinions that are better left unsaid, politics…could end up being whatever was on the back of the cereal box that morning. Maybe you will find something here that you relate to, maybe you will just get a chuckle out of my thought process and “substantially less-than-stellar” grammatical skills; either way thanks for reading, and feel free to add a comment… anyway, I suppose it is time to step out of the silent planet ~

“A system with hysteresis can be summarized as a system that may be in any number of states, independent of the inputs to the system. ..... If the system has hysteresis, we can't predict the output without looking at the history of the input. In order to predict the output, we must look at the path that the input followed before it reached its current value." - Wikipedia

Now, that may not mean much to anyone else, but to me it defines a major process in my life… looking backwards to start seeing forward. We are the sum of what was, and whatever we do with that result is what determines what we will be. The goal would be to actually learn from the glance over the shoulder, to find the bit that lets us stop repeating whatever it is we can’t seem to let go of. If you are overly optimistic, it would help you continue to dance along merrily through the wildflowers is suppose. If that happens, feel free to enlighten the rest of us J