en⋅er⋅gy [en-er-jee] –noun, plural -gies. The capacity for vigorous activity; available power.
Physics. the capacity to do work; the property of a system that diminishes when the system does work on any other system, by an amount equal to the work so done; potential energy. Symbol: E
Any source of usable power, as fossil fuel, electricity, or solar radiation.
The word "energy" has multiple meanings. There are also different types of energy: kinetic energy, heat energy, solar energy, renewable energy, nuclear energy, positive energy, negative energy...I could go on.
Whether or not you're an environmentally-conscious person, one thing we can all agree on is that wasted energy is a terrible thing. To exert or use energy--be it physical, emotional, heat or electric--without a goal in mind, or to a useless end is wasteful and destructive.
If someone told you to carry a large, heavy rock to the top of a hill, but could provide no reason or goal for using your energy would you do it? Probably not. Or what if someone asked you to leave all the lights on in your house for an entire day, for no purpose at all? You likely wouldn't do that either.
But if someone asked you to carry a pebble to the top of the hill or to leave your lights on for 5 minutes, you'd be more likely to do either of those tasks...even if there is no clear goal in mind. Why? Because it requires very little energy.
Sometimes our relationships are lot like these examples: there are some that require lots of energy but provide very little reward or we are unable to justify them; there are others that require very little energy, so we maintain those bonds just because it requires little effort on our part...even though we know that those liaisons are not rewarding.
In both cases, you're wasting energy. You don't have to be green to conserve energy. What are you wasting your energy on today?
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