You are a Cell Not an Organism

A couple of years ago I started growing plants. In the beginning, I was taking care of them, but soon enough I started learning from them. There are a few realizations that I would have never achieved if it wasn’t for my garden.

The first thing is the timescale at which plants live. When you look at them they don’t really look alive at all. They don’t move, and hardly anything changes. You can watch them for hours without noticing a single sign of life. You can take care of them for days or weeks without seeing any progress. And then suddenly, one day you take a closer look…