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“Small steps may appear unimpressive, but don’t be deceived. They are the means by which perspectives are subtly altered, mountains are gradually scaled, and lives are drastically changed.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich
Life is not static, it is constantly changing, constantly moving. To say anything different is to say that life is no more, life becomes death. This simple idea is identical whether it be applied to humans, animals, the environment or the inanimate parts of our world. Even the inanimate must change as time passes so who are we to say there is not ‘some kind of life there’? It even applies to the smallest of organisms making up our own bodies and the universe.
Over the period of our own history our world has changed dramatically and not all of it has been for the good. The same can be said for human beings. We have achieved an upright posture, our brains have grown and we utilise more of it than ever before. Yet, apart from the passing of time, the smallest cells of our body has remained the same as it once was.
Each cell must work in harmony with each other or the organism fails. If one cell becomes ‘diseased’, it fails, and in time the entire organism, the body could die. A single cell can start this process. One cell failing can bring down an entire universe of cells. One simple cell is so powerful. Where else can we see something so small with so much power, something which has not been made for mass destruction by human beings?
If one single cell is so important why has there not been more research into how to protect it or better still, how to allow it to progress into a greater state of being?
There has been much diverse discussion and debate over the latest and most controversial study of stem cell research. Controversial or not, it is the only research which is focused on the cells themselves, and not simply removing the diseased cells but assisting the ‘failing’ cells to regenerate. To fix themselves, To grow themselves. Controversial it may be yet it is one of the few attempts to use the single unit of the cell to help our cells to heal themselves.
From destruction to a new paradigm of healing. Could this be the next step in our evolutionary growth?
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Apple Inc.
Blessings, Susan ♥
© Susan Jamieson 2014
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