I used to like to
cut an apple and look at the number of seeds, thinking, ‘how many trees will
come from one apple…how many apples are in this one apple?’ Nothing different will grow from this apple
seed except millions of apples; the same with all fruits, vegetables, trees,
animals, and humans. Left alone in the
natural state, life will reproduce, each of its own particular species. Each species has many variations and thus the
world is filled with different shapes, forms, and colors. To me all life and the process of life are
magical, wonderful, and sacred.
As I looked at
each one of my family at my mother’s birthday celebration, I saw seventeen
different people, unique in who they were as adults. But then I looked at my cousin and saw my
aunt as I remembered her when I was a child, and in her brother I saw my
uncle. It was like having all those
relatives who have passed away sitting there at the table with us, alive and
well remembered. Thus our family story
continues on in the world, where everyone is different but also everyone is the
same. There truly is nothing new under
the sun.
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