It is now better and better understood that the social improvements which we all so passionately desire can be achieved through normal evolutionary development — with immeasurably fewer losses and without all-encompassing decay. We must be able to improve, patiently, that which we have in any given “today.”
—Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
—Julian of Norwich
Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
Think of what you can do with what there is.
―Ernest Hemingway
This means that we can relinquish our claims only to the extent to which we overcome the whole search for glory and all that it entails.
However, unlike a tapeworm cure, in the process of coming back to ourselves every step counts.
―Neurosis and Human Growth, Karen Horney
Serotiny, in botany, refers to a trait in some plant species where seeds are retained within cones or fruits for extended periods, often years, until a specific environmental cue triggers their release. This adaptation is particularly common in fire-prone ecosystems, with fire often being the primary trigger for seed dispersal.