OPINION: 'It may have been just an orange that I held in my hand, but it quickly became an object of great insight and wisdom to me,' writes Tucsonan Robert Nordmeyer.
On one occasion when buying oranges at the grocery store I happened to glance at the UPC sticker and saw that the orange resting in my hand had traveled all the way from Chile, approximately 5,225 miles away.
These were eight people who didn’t know each other but who became uniquely linked together and whose individual efforts would bring that orange to my breakfast table. Still, they give us life, provide for our life, save our life and enhance our life. Without these people we can’t function to our greatest capacity. Basically, we live in a vacuum and without other people our life faces the danger of shrinking and becoming stagnant and imperfect.
It told us that everyone is a precious asset – one that needs to be carefully protected and embraced with much respect, appreciation and love.
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