“The ‘glue.’ What a simple, clear, and critically important concept. “Glue” is what holds things together. With an object, it’s literally the sticky substance that binds one piece to another. In our lives, on the other hand, the “glue” is the stuff that binds together our families, our friendships, and our intimate relationships. It’s the energetic connection that holds people together in companies, organizations, societies, and countries. The question is: What is it?…”
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“Many physicists subscribe to a set of theories about the sub-atomic universe and its behaviors, known as the Standard Model, and — if I understand the Standard Model correctly — an atom’s nucleus is thought to consist of positively-charged protons and non-charged neutrons. Because a positively-charged particle will repel another positively-charged particle (the way the north pole of a magnet repels the north pole of another magnet) — scientists had to come up with a theory for how a bunch of positively-charged protons could hang tightly together in an atom’s nucleus… so they theorized some ghostly particles called “gluons”… and endowed them with “zero mass” and the amazing power to glue an atom’s nucleus together… but also theorized that these ‘particles’ have no power, and perhaps no existence whatsoever, outside of the nucleus….”
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"Is it cliche to say 'LOVE'? Perhaps. But it is the truth - Love is the glue that binds everything together. Love is gravity. Love is desire. Love is the connective force. As the Universe explodes and expands, it is this force of love that holds it together. As human beings, our unique experiences of love is our vessel into understanding the Universe - the basic glue, the basic pattern, and the basic purpose of it all. We must not proclaim to know beyond our means, but rather aspire to connect, to listen, and ultimately to allow the Universe's basic truths to actualize through us, via the force of love that we are capable of experiencing."

“You do not know what stuff is, you who hold it in your hands. Atoms? Yes, stuff is made of atoms. And every atom is a nucleus orbited by electrons. Every nucleus is built of protons. Every proton is – but there you reach the end of the line. Inside the proton lies the deep, unsettling truth: Stuff is made of nothing, or almost nothing, held together by glue, lots of glue. Physicists first began to suspect this in 1973. Lately it has been proved by experiment….”
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