Good and Bad

Good and Bad

Nature is not

divided into that

which is good

and that which

is bad.

Good and bad are

human categories

and they are ego-centric;

Before there can be

good or bad,

there has to be

someone or something

for an action to be

good or bad about.

Think of the relationship

between a wolf and a rabbit.

From the point of view

of a wolf, it's very good

that there are rabbits

he can catch to eat,

and it's bad that many rabbits

run too fast to catch and eat.

From the point view

of the rabbit, wolves are very bad,

and it's very good that many

rabbits can run fast enough

to get away from them.

From the point of view of Nature,

both rabbits and wolves

are part of the song of life, and it's

only proper that there is food

for wolves, and that rabbits

can often run fast enough

to not get eaten.

Nature is fair

to both of them.

Nature is a living thing

made of of all

the interconnected

kinds of life that live

in its biosphere.

Like any living creature,

it cares for all the parts

that are interconnected

to create its living body.

In the end, Nature

is as fair as practicable

to all of the creatures

that are a part of it,

be they wolves, rabbits,

spiders, flies or man.

Man, for his part

must take care that

our species doesn't

grow and consume

to such an extent

that we become

a cancer in the living

body of our Mother

biosphere because

if we do, Nature,

will make sure

that we are gone

soon enough.

Dewey Dirks