On face value I find it odd that...
I've just watched a video on lemmings, but it could fundamentally be most any vegetarian animal (sans humans).
The video illustrated how, when population density gets "too high" the individual animals will migrate until they find a new suitable area, with enough roots and shoots of plants to survive; they then munch on these.
"Here, I have found enough wild plants to munch on and survive on!...."
Our ability to cultivate edible plants and thus create an environment that can, at least in part, sustain us... is amazing!
Why we don't take full advantage of that ability, as much as we can, I find odd... very odd.*
(I think it's difficult to fully appreciate the point I'm making because the way most of us live, is just "how life is", and it's easy to accept things that are presently a part of us.)
Above is my main point. Below is my rambling thought.
*Is this a fundamental part of the modern human condition? Striving for more, quicker, faster?
What are our reasons for more, quicker, faster? To find a wife/husband? Wives/husbands are easy to find. To support our children? Children don't need much to survive and be truly happy- food, safety, and love (love includes acceptance).
Why are we running forward so hard? What are we striving for? It's not happiness. Happiness comes from within. In the West it's not survival- survival is easy in the West.
I do think that a home vegetable garden is a physical and unphysical supporter of peace. It gives us life at home and shows us that we can have life and peace at home; at the self.
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