On my
daily walk, this morning on noticed a sign in front of a house that said: “count
your blessings”. What came to my mind in an instance was that I would count our
years of humanity, up to half millennia ago and since we, as Homo-sapiens, started
walking upright on earth and learned not only to think about ourselves but also
about the public at large. According to Wikipedia “Humans
(Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina. Together
with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, they are part of the family Hominidae
(the great apes, or hominids). Humans are terrestrial animals, characterized by
their erect posture and bipedal locomotion; high manual dexterity and heavy
tool use compared to other animals; open-ended and complex language use compared
to other animal communications; larger, more complex brains than other animals;
and highly advanced and organized societies.” We learned to be selfless
after we invented ways and means to conquer hunger and provide shelter for
ourselves. That is when we realized that earth was our home at large, and we must
protect our home for our own survival.
