Terry O. Scott-Bond

Thank you for including me! 💙💙💙

Thank you!

We protect
the lineage
of our close
friends and
family members
(our tribe), and

society as a whole
serves to protect
the lineage and
the well-beings
of a select few

extremely well-off
families or family lines

because of a long human history of
antidemocratic rule,
rule by a few,

and, in part,

we favor people similar
to ourselves as a survival
mechanism. Across
the whole of
human history,

dominance
for survival
has made us
think small.

We have tribal origins.
We find comfort in people
who look similar to us
and who hold similar beliefs
and customs to ours, for, in part,
many of us have inferiority complexes

masquerading as superiority complexes
that tell us our group’s ways must
have intrinsically better value than others',

In besting such adversaries,
any wellspring of life benefits
in resilience and resistance
by having great diversity (eggs
not all in one basket,
like a sound investment portfolio or ag
plan) in its gene pool, physical places
of habitation, sources of sustenance,
cultural lifestyles, and practices.

Thus, a social organization of beings
that places great importance on such details holds
a unique promise for life to overcome adversities
as small as disease and infertility
and as great as supervolcanoes, asteroids,
a dying sun, black holes, and intergalactic collisions.

Eternity just might befriend that species’ order,
and a civilization with eternity on its side
has no limit to its advancement, achievement,

understanding, and wisdom.

No problem! Thank you again, GG!

then

think of what the future will hold
for the order of a species with both instinct and intellect, and
which consciously fights, evades, and outwits the forces of extinction.

If a biological order
such as the Odonata,

as just one example,
can persist for hundreds of millions of years—

as many orders have—
virtually by chance and instinct

alone,

Intelligence can produce creativity,
language, reflection, invention,
and onward, and these can allow life

to skip along at will

to other planets,

solar systems,

and galaxies,

when our present ones
become endangered.

💙🙏

for the forces of destruction and extinction
come from every conceivable source and direction

in the cosmos.

Amazing!

How do you possibly see such an amazing and consistent variety of natural beauty and wildlife?

Typically, life persists instinctively,
but intelligent life can also do this
intentionally, thoughtfully, and systematically,

and intelligent life must do so if
life arising from the planet Earth intends to
continue onward into time and to approach infinity,

Each organism falls prey
to the terminal malady of mortality;

however, with reproduction, life may live on into infinity.

As human beings, the primal cravings
to eat, to drink, and to reproduce, or to mate, drive
a vast amount of our lives’ actions.

Yet, eating and drinking only
maintain life in the short term,
whereas reproduction maintains life in the long term.

Very much appreciated, Doc!

Most living organisms,
not all but most,

consume the resources around them as nourishment
to metabolize, in order to sustain their living state

for a period of time, in which they attempt to reproduce
before they die,

so that in their absence a likeness of themselves continues
onward into time.

Thank you, RebelBlue!

To the notion of the meaning of life,

let us ask, “What does life do?”

Thank you! I am honored to be included, GG.

You're welcome, Maureen!

You're welcome, Andrea!

Thank you, GG!!!

∞

Consider the meaning of life.
We sometimes form this into a question

that gives rise to many heartfelt answers and beliefs
regarding who or what put life here,
and what intentions, and what destiny, if any,
did such forces bestow upon life.

Let us ask a more specific question, though.

I love you, Phee! 💙🔥 Thank you for including me!

My pleasure!