Even a cursory look at the “doings” of life reveal just how much time, attention, planning, and activity is dedicated to moving stuff around.
The scurrying to keep a home kitchen stocked and operating is a wonder; the act of meal prep is a cacophony of movement that leads to culinary delights. Most occupations are dedicated to getting things from here to there, whether they be autoparts, building materials, repair items, cleaning supplies, and on, and on, and on.
In the biomedical research lab, the staff is consumed by moving ever smaller bits of tissues, cells, subcellular fractions, and “invisible” dissolved molecules into ever-smaller test tubes where other reagents are added, incubated and vortexed (that’s quite a moving experience), and then applied to sophisticated analytical machines.
Data gets moved, massaged, parsed, separated, and turned in innumerable ways.
Even the intangibles get to be shuffled. We talk about “moving stories” that stir emotions. And most innovative ideas are the result of compassion or curiousity that prompts a change in approach, understanding, and discovery. We call progress “moving forward”.
In various ways, shapes, and forms, we are all in the Moving Business.
Can I borrow your truck?
