Newton's First Law Of Motion

According to Newton's First Law of Motion, all objects have a property called inertia. If the object has a great mass, it is able to resist change in velocity compared to another object with less mass. The second part to this is if an object is at rest, it will stay at rest, and if an object is moving, it will keep on moving. Greater the mass, greater the inertia. Mass, by the way, is very different from weight. Mass is the property of an object that determines how much it will resist change in velocity. Weight, is the force of gravity on an object times the mass. Yesterday, as I finished practice from tennis, I had a pretty bad cramp in my calf. I went home and quickly put on some mineral ice to subside the tight feeling. As i put down the mineral ice on the counter, I realized Newton's first law put into practice. Before I got the mineral ice on the shelf, it was at a state of rest, and stayed at a state of rest, till an outside force acted upon it, me. When I pulled it out and set in on the counter, Newton's First Law once again was experienced. When I put an object down on the table, the downward force is the weight of the mineral ice and its container (mg), and the upward force from the table is the Normal Force, or perpendicular force canceling out the downward force to keep the object at rest. Interesting ain't it?