If one of these days you walk by a fir tree, you can have the opportunity to see another clear parallel between Nature and mankind. If you observe the branches, you see that some are dark green: they are alive and 'mature'. Then, on the tip of each branch, you notice a light-green sprout: it's the new born, a 'youngster'. Further observation shows you that there also brown branches (the 'seniors'). Others are already separated from the trunk: they have concluded their cycle. Just like every human being. Is this vision, and consequent reflection, sad? It may be, but it actually should not. Life, at all levels, needs to complete its pattern. This is a fact that people accept without question, but only when it refers to "the others". Nevertheless, upon deeper reflection, your intuition suggests that the renewal that Nature operates every new season must logically apply to everything that is presently alive. Nature is always consistent. Why should human beings be an exception?
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