Just the other day I wrote about life being akin to the accelerator pedal in a car – you don't have to press down on it, or do anything, in order for life to move forwards.
And then I randomly stumbled across a couple of pictures in my photos library that really brought this home for me.
The first is the image at the top of this post. Where we used to live, whenever my daughter and I walked down our street together, we would always stop outside one of the neighbours’ houses and examine this section of pavement.
That plant, pushing its way through solid tarmac is called field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) and it's a tenacious little bugger. Its root network can supposedly go up to 10 metres underground, which would explain why, in winter it was completely gone, and then as the next year came round, it would appear again.
Life finds a way.
But the more impressive image is below. That one I happened upon by accident, when one of the outdoor lights stopped working. As is so often the case with these trivial household tasks, it took me forever to get round to unscrewing the protective cover, in order to whip the bulb out and change it.
Imagine my surprise then, when I found that this was the cause:
Our human-made structures are no match for life, just like our egoic thinking (‘little’ or ‘personal’ mind) is no match for life (‘big’ or ‘Universal’ Mind), either.
Life finds a way, however much we try and obstruct it!
💚
Giles
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