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Individual Purpose & Life's Collective
A bee is not a flower, nor do they fulfill the same purpose, but one cannot survive without the other.
Honey is made when they work together; trees grow and fields bloom and the next generation’s future is made secure.
The next generation’s future is made secure as long as the sun continues to shine and the rains continue to fall.
Honey is made when they work together; trees grow and fields bloom and the next generation’s future is made secure.
The next generation’s future is made secure as long as the sun continues to shine and the rains continue to fall.
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When a storm thunders over the rainforest and its clouds are heavy and full to the point of spilling over, the rivers rise and the fish gain new territory in which to roam and fertilize the ground; the multitude of plants dwelling therein take up the enriched water through their roots. The trees produce fruit and the animals that find shelter in their branches are fed as they spread the seeds. The next generation’s future is made secure.
The next generation’s future is made secure as long as the sun continues to shine and the rains continue to fall.
When a storm thunders over the desert and its clouds are heavy and full to the point of spilling over, the deluge scours the land. It fills the canyons with roaring walls of water and carries away all life found therein. It floods across the plains and drowns many that dwell upon them. Few will survive that do not find their way to high ground beyond the reach of the torrents and out of the path of the wind.
When the sun comes out the survivors will bask in its light and take up what little water was absorbed by the desert’s hard ground. The plants will flower and bear fruit, and the birds and rodents will spread the seeds on the way back to their nests. The bees will make honey from the flowers and the next generation’s future is made secure.
The next generation’s future is made secure as long as the sun continues to shine and the rains continue to fall.
But all that dwells in the desert will dread the next coming storm, knowing that many will not survive.
The next generation’s future is made secure as long as the sun continues to shine and the rains continue to fall.
When a storm thunders over the desert and its clouds are heavy and full to the point of spilling over, the deluge scours the land. It fills the canyons with roaring walls of water and carries away all life found therein. It floods across the plains and drowns many that dwell upon them. Few will survive that do not find their way to high ground beyond the reach of the torrents and out of the path of the wind.
When the sun comes out the survivors will bask in its light and take up what little water was absorbed by the desert’s hard ground. The plants will flower and bear fruit, and the birds and rodents will spread the seeds on the way back to their nests. The bees will make honey from the flowers and the next generation’s future is made secure.
The next generation’s future is made secure as long as the sun continues to shine and the rains continue to fall.
But all that dwells in the desert will dread the next coming storm, knowing that many will not survive.
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When fire comes to the desert it recovers quickly, some of its inhabitants even wait until they feel the heat of the flames before they spread their seed. In a few years new life will have taken hold and grown up and the land will look much as it once did.
When fire comes to the rain forest many lives will be lost and millions more will be without a home. One hundred years later the land will still not be what it once was.
When fire comes to the rain forest many lives will be lost and millions more will be without a home. One hundred years later the land will still not be what it once was.
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Even an island needs the sun, the wind, the rain, and the migratory creatures that visit its shores in order for its ecosystem to survive.
Even a remote island will influence distant regions by the seeds it produces, as well as by the young raised on its beaches and just off its shores.
Even a remote island will influence distant regions by the seeds it produces, as well as by the young raised on its beaches and just off its shores.
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Where does the individual end and the collective begin? Where do you think and why does it matter?
What is the individual apart from life’s collective? What is One apart from Infinity?
What is the individual apart from life’s collective? What is One apart from Infinity?