Naturally Impartial Laws
From
learning to work with time and seasons as plants do; to lightening lives as the
moon, stars, and sun do; learning to pay attention to things we can feel for
they can be as real and strong as the wind; working smart and co-operatively
like ants do; learning to seek healthy support because gravity teaches us that
it will be needed to get and/or remain ‘up there’; learning from the weather
that change in life is constant, etc, Nature is indeed an awesome teacher, and
I’ll simply (and instinctively) define Nature as the product of God’s ideas.
There
is a common saying in one of the native languages where I come from; in
English, it means water has no enemies. The idea of the saying is that water is
loved by everyone, and it will still be needed even by someone who has had a
bad experience with water. At this point, I call to mind a movie that details a
well-known shipwreck; the movie is named after the ship. In the movie (and
sadly, I’m sure that was what really happened), we sadly get to see water take
the lives of both really wealthy and not too wealthy passengers. This is certainly not one of those
likeable examples to describe how an element of Nature can be non-discriminatory,
but one of Nature’s principal lessons: Nature is impartial.
When
it comes to Nature, everyone (and everything) stands a fair chance. ‘What you
sow, you shall reap’, ‘What goes around, comes around’, ‘Garbage in, garbage
out’, etc, these are all sayings that support Nature’s impartiality and the natural
course – Ceteris paribus. At one
time, I knew a man that needed a kidney transplant because he had massive cancerous
growths in both kidneys; his brother agreed to donate one of his. He appeared
wealthier and more literate than his brother. He had, for a long time, known
that smoking predisposes to various kinds of cancers but he continued anyway.
In fact, my conversation with him revealed that this unhealthy habit got worse
with time, and he was hypertensive as well. On the other hand, his brother just
knew that smoking can affect one’s health. The cancer did not choose or reject
any of them; it simply appeared and grew in the kidneys of the one that ‘fed’
it.
Via
Nature as a teacher, we can all learn to be impartial in our dealings with
everyone irrespective of race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion,
financial and health status. After all, we are all part of Nature, and it is
only natural for life to treat fairly anyone who treats others fairly. With the
knowledge that Nature is impartial, we can, at present, plan for right results
in the future by putting the right things in place right now. To illustrate:
Will it be unfair if the soil produces maize, in a couple of weeks, for a
farmer that planted beans seeds? Of course, it will be — and this is not
natural. Do we want to enjoy good health now and in the future? Let’s exercise
regularly, rest adequately, and not forget our natural friends — fresh air,
water, fruits, vegetables, etc. How about finances? Let’s save more, keep our
spending in check by paying more attention to our needs, setting financial
targets and working towards them, etc. How about using Nature’s impartiality to
take care of Earth? Planting trees; using, consuming, and producing the ‘green’
way are sure ways to preserve Earth’s health.
I’m
sure I have only scratched the surface when it comes to this true-life,
unscripted, 100 percent unaltered motion picture I call Nature. Let’s
familiarize ourselves with this teacher and be sure we are working with, not
against, its impartial laws.
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