Eureka

From a very young age I was always asking questions or at least thinking about questions concerning how it is that I, we, the whole planet got to be the way that it is. How do plants do whatever it is that plants do? Why do animals behave the way they behave? What are the universal laws of nature? I suppose some of my questions where being answered in pieces, each school year offered more and more information that helped put the puzzle pieces together but I still yearned for a view that was comprehensive, something that unified all the fields of science. What torture it was to get tidbits that seemed related but didn't quite fit so snug, then I was introduced to the theory of Evolution.
It was fascinating reading Darwin's words, so elegant and poetic yet so easy to read and understand. His argument was plain and simple and it relieved a hidden truth that gave me that eureka moment; their is common descent between organisms on every and any scale, life came to be and what we see today is the result of Evolution. I was first introduced to the idea of Evolution in high school but it was not until I got to Umass did I begin exploring the theory more deeply, it is a passion that has given me a sense of resolve while sparking my intrigue to a level I didn't think possible. Every time I feel lost or confused I try to think about how Darwin would approach that problem, reasonably, rationally and with a keen eye for observation, the result is that I get to create many eureka moments from thinking in terms of evolutionary theory.