Mother Nature

There is nothing like Mother Nature to put us in our place.

She has strength, tenacity, a brutal sense of fairness, and a total lack of favorites.

It is survival of the fittest, the smartest and the one who pays the closest attention.

Pitting ourselves against her is a fool's errand.

Sure, she created this world we trundle around in, but she could end it much more easily and people have been helping her move in that direction for some time now. If today's winds didn't make a believer out of you, consider, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods.

We have a chance if we start treating her right and learning from our mistakes, but that brings us right back around to survival of the fittest, the smartest and the one who pays the closest attention.