When I was a small kid I thought that everything had feelings.

I remember I would get frustrated with a toy or other object, manhandle it, and then pat it to make it feel better because I felt bad. If I broke it, I would cry. 😆 I thought the world and everything around me was this interconnected thing with inherent rules and fairness.

I miss thinking that way. And I'm jealous of the many adults I see walking around who still have that misconception. That idea that someone owes them something and things should be fair and nothing bad ever happens except McDonald's mixed up your order so you'll have to wait a little longer before watching another episode of Black Mirror. Lol.

Nah. We're here surviving in a chaotic universe that doesn't reward the good or shield the gentle. It doesn’t cry when it breaks us. And many of us don't cry when we break each other or see someone get broken.

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SW-User

I believe it does shield the gentle as a general rule, but not in particular cases.
For example I've always been amazed to the tiny things of the world, like delicate flowers and butterflies. How do they manage to survive being so delicate... They create a field of delicate around them, and like that they're able to survive.
There's a language in subtlety. Like when you approach someone delicate, when you listen to the language, it tells you how to behave around them.

But then, there are the opposition forces of destruction.

SinlessOnslaught · M

@SW-User How does a tree create an environment?

SW-User

@SinlessOnslaught simply by being a tree. The frequencies it emits, the way it arranges its environment around it by being itself...
The micro environment that's created around it and the ecosystem.