1st Law of Motion

One sunny afternoon, Galleria met up with her old college friends Mark and Mason in a coffee shop. They have been planning their get together for a while and Galleria was very nervous. She hasn't seen them in a long while and she had to see their faces. When she arrived, she saw Mark, who didn't change much, and Mason, who was, in short, macho. As they were catching up with old times, Mark had to leave early for working the night shift and so Galleria and Mason were left together to talk about the past.

They said the usual stories any reunion would have—unforgettable moments, embarrassing experiences, back biting, and most importantly past relationships. To Galleria's delight, Mason was single. He had his last break-up just over a month ago. This wasn't the time to move fast, so Galleria took her time.

By the time the street lights were on, they had finished catching up on almost everything—from the first day of college to yesterday's grocery shopping. It was time to say goodbye, and for Galleria to make a move she could regret. She pecked him goodbye and gracefully ran the other way never looking back thinking if it was an appropriate thing to do.


Suppose love has motion. Galleria's love for Mason grew over time. It
is just like carrying heavier things from lighter things. Over time,
when carrying heavier loads, one would need to increase one's strength
to carry even heavier things. So when one starts to carry, say a crate
half-filled with fruits, one would need to continuously apply force to
move it from one place to another, say point A to point B. While
that's moving, you have your goal in mind—to move the crate to point
B. First question: would you stop before you reach point B? What's
stopping you at that point? Well, you wouldn't stop moving unless
something is blocking your way or you're suddenly too tired to
continue. For whatever reasons (and there must be a hundred
possibilities), if those reasons don't exist, then you and your crate
would eventually reach point B. With this example in mind, it will
help us understand how Newton's first law of motion works.
In its plainest sense, the first law of motion by Sir Isaac Newton
says once something moves, it can't be stopped unless something
opposes it. So when bringing a crate half-filled with fruits from
point A to point B, one would carry the crate from A and move it to B.
Here's the question: If one reaches at point B with the crate, why
would one stop if the law states that once something moves, it can't
be stopped? What makes one end there? The answer lies in the idea of a line.

A little math knowledge would tell us a line is infinite unless
limits are specified. For now, knowing the location of point A is
relative, which means point A can be anywhere you want it to be. In
this case, point B is more important as it is the destination. So
assuming point B is at infinity, one wouldn't stop moving the crate
until one would reach infinity! It would take forever to get there. So
now let us say one has defined limits of point B. One would then stop
at point B because of the thing that's opposing it—the limit, which in
this case, is fulfillment. One already reached the goal. What is there
left to accomplish?

Going back to the story, Galleria immediately fell in love with Mason
primarily for his looks. She secretly exerted love towards the moment
they met. It is still unknown to us if that love reached Mason's heart
and feelings. Even if she kissed him, his reactions were not yet
revealed.

(NOTE: This story is for entertainment purposes only.)