I chuckled out loud to myself tonight while
washing dishes. The thought occurred to me that, from an
evolutionary perspective, I’m a complete dead end. Disappointing but anticipated, like that one steamed clam that doesn't open, we accept that some paths simply lead nowhere.
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I think evolution
probably tosses out far more duds than it does winners. Given even the
rudimentary road map that we currently have of the human genome, my mind
spins at the total possible combinations of all that data. I have to think
that the house usually wins, and that evolution gambles on innumerable variations
before finding anything significant enough to catch on.
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I broke the chain that, as the sole offspring of
my two parents, only I could have continued. I’m also an only grandchild on
my mother’s side, so my progeny would have been the Hail Mary pass for much
of the family recipe to squeak through. I wonder what percentage of women in
the world will spend their lives (assuming they have some kind of life) never
having borne or raised a child.
I
once heard someone say that this was actually the original definition of the
word we now understand as “virgin,” but I digress.
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That code is
like God’s blueprint.
Man might be able to glimpse the script but I doubt he
will ever fully comprehend it.
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Friday, December 20, 2019
LOL I’m a dud
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