A 2011 January winter day in Minnesota means snow and cool temperatures with ice underfoot while walking. On such a walk the brilliant sunshine and blue sky created a scene of natural grandeur.
A quiet walk was interrupted by the sound of small birds in a panic over there across the street where a small pine tree was right up next to the house. As I looked on, it became evident that a large bird was flying around the tree actually beating its wings on the tree. The small birds were flying about wildly. Then the large bird, a hawk, flew up to a tree branch with a small bird in its talons.
The natural grandeur of this day revealed the tooth and claw part of the ongoing story of life. In the bright light of day it was evident that a predator was doing what all predators do - frighten the prey and get them to leave their place of safety and become singly vulnerable.
The same dynamic goes on in human society.
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