“The Start” [“Reflections On Adam Smith's Book An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations Indianapolis : Liberty Classics, 1981 (Vol.I and II) Book 1, Chapter 3-General”]

If everything connects itself into a massive web,
And all the edges circle ’round so feeders are the fed,
One has a hollow sphere made out of mesh with air between
The center and periphery – in such, our problem’s seen.

For how can human minds then grasp the fullness of the sphere?
When trying to grasp the opposite, one needs to grasp the near;
“It’s all hooked up and acts as one – a single entity”;
“Not helpful” – trying to eat one gulp of tatties, meat, and peas.

It strikes me Adam Smith is one who thinks in terms of spheres
But writes as though he’s linear – “First principle” appears
In Chapter One, but Chapter Two adds layers on his thought;
By Chapter Three it’s all meshed up – a tangle’s what we’ve got.

So I go back to intro piece – I comprehend much more –
It’s list of chapters, purpose, some of detail each one stores;
So I stand back and ask myself what model could I use
To comprehend this entity – perhaps an onion choose?

It is organic, growing big, which starts out as a seed;
To us it seems like layers grow, then layer we can see;
So maybe find its central core and let each layer come
Into our focus day by day, not straight, as river runs.

Or like a globe with hemispheres, two polls and vast expanse;
Who cares what’s underneath all this, use spaceship’s global glance;
For Earth is also all linked up – like trees and climate change,
But living here much simpler is – while “Home here on the range”.

But Adam Smith affects us all in Western world today;
No matter if he’s right or wrong, he has described the way
The West does life in business sphere, in finance matters too;
So grasping what he saw back then is something I should do.

It may be it’s one model just to grasp his central thought,
Then find a better one to share his insights as I ought;
A bit like growing with Sun Tsu – two decades living there
Left paper-trail of growth I’d had, as first and end compare.

I hunch I do not think like him, more interactive here;
My second gift is “Giver” which views everything as sphere;
Lord, what should I do with this guy who thinks as well like You
In his own way, as each of us unique-types thinking do?

“Stu, just hold on, it works out fine – take swatches of his quilt
Spread thin across his wire-frame sphere, earth’s really sea and silt;
You do not need to grasp it all – a sampling of his thought
Is plenty, just in joy the ride, reflecting as you’re taught.

“For it’s My world-economy, kick back and see what he
Describes as “Way it really works” – he’s partly right, you see;
But he leaves out the central core, all life since Eden does;
Stay on My Kingdom-layer of ice, and skate around because –

“You’re not affected by the whirl (observer status there),
Like central pin of pinwheel toy, fin’s moved by moving air;
‘Be still and know that I am God’– you need not comprehend
Life in its fullness to enjoy My richness ’till life’s end.”

Okay Lord, thanks for this.

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