COOPERATION

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COOPERATION

We can't beat Father Time or trick Mother Nature

They are indomitable opponents

We are better off having them as allies

Working in harmony with them

The more agreeably we cooperate the better

Nature has given us a certain body, a mind

Not found in any other creature

For example we have an urgent sense of time

That other creatures don't have

Although they do follow the seasons and rhythms of time

This minute by minute awareness of life ticking by

Can be only a human asset or liability

Like finding a blackberry bush covered in sweet ripe berries

We can stop and enjoy the berries,

Let the juice run down our chins, stain our hands purple

Metabolize the antioxidants and vitamins

Or we can walk away from the berries in a snit 

Lamenting that berry season is too short

Today is filled with sweet, delicious minutes for us to enjoy

Courtesy of Mother Nature and Father Time

They are our realities, our path, our matrix

Our very being which must adapt with change to thrive

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