Life Gives Away Gifts

A Strange Legacy©
Sometime in future.
The earth Is a violent place as Venus is at present. The earthlings have technology and they are holding out against the harsh weather patterns and arid conditions of the soil by creating a hermetically sealed world. They live within controlled temperature and they do not dare expose themselves to the harsh sun; they travel in specially designed vehicles that cut off the glare and harmful radiation. They maintain a modicum of natural living conditions with the help of technology. They dare not farm or fish from rivers for the soil outside their world is polluted and they have left off agriculture altogether as useless occupation. All that they need for their sustenance is cultured straight from the laboratories.
The Northern kingdom brought out special laws that take by lots anyone whose number come up to be a volunteer for their space program. It is a hazardous trip but there is no way out. It could be a one way trip. As per the law whosoever is called up must leave everything behind. Naturally earthlings would rather leave to any one they know than a faceless administrative machinery.
It so happened the number of Dr. Pfenningmeister came up and the doctor who had devoted his life for Biosciences could not refuse. His laboratory was headed by two scientists: Dr. Wunderkind was as dedicated as his boss but Dr. Heineken merely passed muster and not a whit more.
Dr. Pfenningmeister on the eve of his leave taking chose Dr. Wunderkind and handed over complete charge of the establishment to him and said, “ It is all legal. These papers give you total control provided you carry on my line of research to the hilt. Besides when your research bears fruits you are to institute a prestigious award in perpetuity for the best research scholar. See to that my name is not forgotten. “ He happily reminisced over something and said,“ and the Pfenningmeister prize ought to do that.”
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Each of us holds a level of energy. Sometimes we are compensated in some mysterious ways and we who are ready to throw in the towel because of mounting failures or frustrations suddenly find a breakthrough. Is it a miracle? Partly this can be explained. We are connected to the past and bequests from the past do come our way as Dr. Pfenningmeister did for Dr. Wunderkind. When we are at the end of our resources we are given an extra push to carry on with our work. It may be that in doing so we are continuing the past,- and the unfinished work of some other.
Tailpiece: Enriching experience of Life binds us as many sheaves of corn. In a manner of speaking Life gives to those who have much more. Re Parable of a servant who did nothing with the talent entrusted to him didn't he lose even that one he had?
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