Friday, November 08, 2024
My long-time friend Linda lives in California. Last night, she and I had a long conversation. We shared our emotions following the election and speculated about possible changes in the future, some of which would probably be unwelcome to many and others potentially beneficial to some.
I needn’t elaborate. We follow the news, are aware, have opinions. Essentially, the citizens have spoken again. Now, it’s appropriate for me to transition and be more accepting, as has happened often throughout my long history.
To that end, I am starting to read the recently published 
by Richard Dawkins, a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, and science communicator. He’s one of the world’s great science writers and biologists.
Elaborating on Darwin’s findings, Dawkins explains the remarkable ways in which animals have overcome obstacles, adapted to their environments, and, again and again, through eons, developed remarkably similar ways of finding solutions to life’s problems.
He points to the untapped potential of DNA to transform and transcend our understanding of evolution. He hypothesizes that, in the future, a zoologist presented with a hitherto unknown animal who knows how to read its body and genes will be able to gather detailed descriptions of the world its ancestors inhabited.
I am attracted to the critical themes of overcoming obstacles, adapting, and finding solutions to life’s problems–coping measures for stressful times.
Dear Friends: I’ll keep you posted. Diana
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