A new insight on the Biology Ponds. I’ve been trying so hard to see me and nature not as two separate things or creations but as one--- unified. It’s hard to see the great cycle of life, and our relation to nature, because many of us feel that there is not one. We see our lives and we see nature----separate. Today I’m trying to see something greater. What does all of this mean? How are we all related? What does that turtle have to do with me and my life? Life is a cycle: birth, life, death. We are all unified in this sense. We need each other to live and are definitely depended on mother earth. Today as I sit here I see also mother earth’s dependence on us. Birds and pigeons flock to get a piece of bread. One little bird is quite smart. She grabs a big chunk of bread in her beak and flies away, and in only 3 or 4 minutes she returns for more. I assume that she is feeding her babies. She is so smart, she returns to the exact same spot because she knows that there will be food waiting for her. I look over and see the turtles. They seem so lifeless, without a care in the world. They have to truly be enjoying life. As people race by, they sit and rest for hours at a time with no movement. "Lifeless" as I just described the turtles earlier is not correct, because just maybe that’s what life’s all about. Maybe we are "lifeless." Who’s to say that the way we live our lives is correct? "It means nothing but itself." "I understand but I don’t agree. Every achievement is worthless unless it is a link in the chain of development." This seems to be the mentality of most people in this world. Maybe being successful is not all there is to life. Maybe we should adopt some of these turtle’s habits? I believe when we see our selves in the cycle of life and in close relation to everything on this earth we have a greater appreciation for life. We need to "appreciate our surroundings as if it were holy land."