What Is Engineering?

My teacher asked that question last night in the middle of the lecture. The class was silent and dumbfounded. We are upperclassmen (and women for those politically correct people), and all "engineering students". I found it comforting and it also made me feel uneasy at the same time. We've been studying engineering for years and can't even define it.

It was a wow moment. It's kind of ironic how we get caught up in the action of something and after a while forget the reason we even started it. I also can apply that toward holding grudges. I remember times in my life where I've been "mad" at a person and after time couldn't even remember why.

Blindside captured it perfectly in one of their songs. The singer writes about his faith in Christ becoming a game and forgetting the foundation of his faith. Here's the line:

"I fell in love with the game but I forgot Your name."

Don't forget why you do what you do. Do everything with reason and purpose. Even if it's a chore to start at the bottom and going over the reasons behind your motions, do it so your meaning does not get lost in the midst of going and doing.