Heroes Not Zombies

It seems that I will never cease to be astonished by plants. Their adaptability, resilience, and growth are utterly remarkable. I often find myself thinking “how amazing that these creatures have developed the powers to collect the Sun’s energy, pull CO2 and water out of the air, suck up minerals and water from the soil and create all this material – all these stalks, leaves, roots, flowers and fruits!”

Look at this one. The Passiflora flower only blooms for a day, but look how elaborate a form and structure it creates. All that for a day! Doesn’t convince you of the need to flourish, to express your uniqueness, to pour your energies into your creativity, even if we are only here for the briefest of moments in the timescale of the universe?

I think we have so much to learn from Nature….from our own bodies, but also from the myriad of Life forms on this planet. We can learn from the diversity of ecosystems, from the universe’s tendency towards greater and greater uniqueness. We can learn from Nature’s drive to connect, to form healthy co-beneficial relationships, to integrate.

We don’t really need books to learn all this. It’s right in front of our noses.