Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.
And from nature we should learn
That all can start again.
human device for mastering nature without disturbing its power or destroying its beauty
You see, Derrick? Bat's not always the answer. When it comes down to it, when it's you or them, as a species, it's in our DNA, our very nature, to choose self-preservation. I don't care if you're Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi or fuckin' Ned Flanders. When the chips are down, we choose life over loved ones, every time.