Survival of the fittest is passé.   It is, if we aim to survive.   Darwin’s theory was based on a contest among the species, each fighting their own kind in order to survive. Epi-genetics, the new age biology, reveals colonization and cooperation promotes survival best.   This is true at the molecular level all the way up the scale to the macro level. “ A house divided against itself cannot stand.”   Matthew 12:25 (KJV) My 10.30.10 post  - Go to the ant! -  spoke to this. That video illustrated the dynamics of the colony, how the group succeeds as a unit. There's much to learn from the ant.  There's even an "ant colony optimization" algorithm used in computer science! Here's another video demonstrating the Leaf-Cutter  ant as individual in the context of community. These young ants lose their ability to do their jobs as they age, but they take on new responsibilities that help the whole. ...

This info was collected in 2008 and 2009... It's different now. Facebook has grown exponentially and surpassed the documented facts in this video.

Kahlil Gibran ... You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise.  Proverbs 6:6 KJV The  new biology , not yet in textbooks but still scientific fact, reveals how a human cell operates independently and collectively for optimum survival. Bruce Lipton , after decades of research in cellular biology, considers cells as "miniature humans."  He speaks of "lessons from the Petri dish." One human is made up of more than 50 trillion individual cells. All of these cells are "smart" and actively seek out environmental conditions that promote survival. A single-celled organism "learns" survival is enhanced by becoming multicellular. Communities of cells are born. Communities of any kind must communicate to effectively survive.  This new biology reveals how cells talk to one another much more through electromagnetic signals than through chemical ones. Biophysicist F. Weinhold asked: "When will chemistry textbooks begin to serve as aids, rathe...

We can fight it, whatever it is, and make things worse. Or we can go with the flow, and go forward...

It's my favorite time of year, especially in locales where trees turn... Deciduous is the word... Autumn is a time to reflect, to fill our cache with happy memories, and even hoard them for winter... But that's the physical side of things. Internally, it's a season to take stock, look around, see what works, what doesn't work. I ask: What does my personal modus operandi bring me?  I don't succeed well for long on automatic pilot if I want to progress. It is said: Change is the only constant.  So I monitor, and monitor in ways that are kindly. Being kindly is by accepting and modifying as needed. It's allowing for seasons of the soul. Dear Reader, please know I am talking to me...You're eavesdropping, and I invite it...  And I invite you to consider the cyclic changes within: Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith looks up. Now looks forward. Fall is my season of renewal.