A leaf on a rainy day
How many miracles do you find in this scene from last winter in Chapin, South Carolina? The rain drop knows how to shape itself into that familiar teardrop shape that is common to all water. The water itself knows how to circulate around the entire Earth. Two weeks from now it might be part of an ice cube in my drink, or be lapped up from a mountain stream by a bear.
The leaf knows how to form those little saw-tooth edges, and the tree knows when to take its seasonal rest.
A whole bunch of people invented and built a digital camera for me to use to record the scene which, fortunately, I had the presence of mind to slow down and notice. Other people invented computers so that this leaf can be seen from nearly any place on the planet. I had friends and family to accompany me on this leisurely stroll.
It is an embarrassment of riches. If all this is possible, what else is?
