{"id":331,"date":"2009-04-20T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/04\/healing-thoughts-for-stephen-hawking.html"},"modified":"2009-04-20T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T14:55:02","slug":"healing-thoughts-for-stephen-hawking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/04\/healing-thoughts-for-stephen-hawking.html","title":{"rendered":"Healing Thoughts for Stephen Hawking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Hawking, the mathematician and physicist famous for his work on black holes, is reportedly hospitalized<\/a> with a chest infection and is very seriously ill, according to the Associated Press.  <\/p>\n

Though I admit to understanding very little of his work, I admire Hawking very much.  He has devoted his life to finding a “unified theory,” a science-based explanation of who we are and how we got here (to shamefully simplify a brilliant body of work–click here<\/a> for more about it in his own words).  He hasn’t fully achieved it, but wow, the power of going for something that big.  <\/p>\n

So, as we think healing thoughts for Stephen Hawking tonight, let us also think of big things, questions that are more than a single person can ever answer, but that spark the human spirit that always wants to know more, understand more, teach more.<\/p>\n

A speedy recovery, Professor.  The world needs you.
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