I am of the opinion
that nature is an awfully
simple institution and there is an infinite
beauty to it. There aren’t an awful lot of rules that govern
the nature. Actually,
there is just the one - survival
of the fittest. In spite
of this, even the tiniest, the slowest, the most fragile forms of life have found a way to keep living in this home of ours, creating
a beautiful, intricate balance
that one cannot admire enough
in a lifetime. It begs the question
whether survival is really that difficult. When nature decides
to inhabit a life form, it provides
them with all the necessary
resources for it to survive- food and water for sustenance, ability to perceive
their surroundings for threats and intelligence for protection from those threats. The available
resources are always more than enough for the fit to survive. The balance of
nature is maintained if these resources
are used as intended.
This balance was first disrupted when man learned to tame fire. Though fire helps survival, it is not an absolute necessity. Having control over fire gave humans an edge, a power that they were not supposed to have. It changed the role of humans. Once protection was taken care of, humans focused their intelligence on making lives comfortable – safer houses to live in, cozier beds to sleep in, steadier sources of food. The balance that existed in the nature before humans had started to dwindle, never to be restored to its former state. Humanity strayed further from nature as time passed. The strife for comfort created demons that no one could ever have dreamed of.
Looking at our ancestors and their struggle for safety and comfort, one would think that life for humans would get infinitely better. Fast forward to today, is life as easily? No. We have fallen into a trap that we created for ourselves. Humans have acquired immense power and a much better understanding of the universe and the nature around us. However, they fail to see the simple reality of how badly this quest has harmed their home, how badly it has harmed the balance of the nature that once gave birth to them.
Humans have developed gadgets that give unimaginable power to anyone who wields them. A gun gives any person who wields it a power over life, be it a sane man or a lunatic. It gives humans the power to bring down the strongest of animals with the mere effort of pulling a trigger. Humans today possess weapons of mass destruction – high explosives, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons. These inventions give man an unnatural power. The simple rule of survival of the fittest, doesn’t seem so applicable now. A physically strong unarmed man will lose to a physical weak person with a gun. An armed human will win over the deadliest predators that nature has to offer.
Don’t you think there is something terribly wrong with this? Don’t you see how badly humans have disrupted the balance of our nature? Would you believe if I said that about a hundred and fifty species go extinct every day? With our intelligence we have brought water to our houses, infallible roofs on our heads and light and warmth when we need, but we turn a blind eye to the damage that we are causing to the very home that has given us everything. The very intelligence that the nature gave us to protect ourselves has now become an instrument of its own death. If we continue on this path, our end is inevitable, and closer than we care to admit. The worst part of it is that humans won’t be the only ones that suffer. We will be the death of our planet and all that lives on it. We are guilty, all of us, for turning our backs to our home and the life that it inhabits.
All is not yet lost, though. If every human wakes up to see what they are an accomplice to, we may just be able to save our home, save the nature that birthed us into existence. There is still hope if you acknowledge that the future is grim. If we accept the problem, we can work on solving it. I tried my best to show you the problem. The question I ask of you is – Do you see it?
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