Earthseed 51-55

51. Purpose unifies us PurposeUnifies us:It focuses our dreams,Guides our plans,Strengthens our efforts.PurposeDefines us,Shapes us,And offers usGreatness. ∞ = Δ 52. Make Peace To make peace with others,Make peace with yourself:Shape GodWith generosityAnd compassion.Minimize harm.Shield the weak.Treasure the innocent.Be true to the Destiny.Forgive your enemies.Forgive yourself. ∞ = Δ 53. Do the impossible We can,Each of us,Do the impossibleAs long as we can convince ourselvesThat it has...

 The Origin of Life is Speculative

The question of the origin of life is essentially speculative. We have to construct, by straightforward thinking on the basis of very few factual observations, a plausible and self-consistent picture of a process which must have occurred before any of the forms which are known to us in the fossil record could have existed.