Live Well & Prosper--Health Lessons from Mr. Spock
Mr. Spock is also popular because, unlike 90% of all politicians and other misinformed people on earth, he understands that we are connected to animals in a delicate symbiotic relationship. To put it more bluntly, the health and well-being of humanity is precariously perched on the health and well-being of animals. Abusing or destroying them, in other words, is abusing and destroying ourselves.
Animals must have sensed how Mr. Spock appreciated their existence--see the Tribbles episode, if you didn't know that. You might also see the deep concern the Star Trek crew displayed when discovering that all the animals had died (supposedly because of Berthold radiation rays) in "This Side of Paradise"; this concern came from the realization that, without animals, the colonists on that planet were also doomed to die.
In yet another episode Mr. Spock and friends have to go back in time in order to bring back 2 humpback whales. Without the now-extinct creatures, earth faces destruction. This episode (among others) makes an appeal not just for the welfare of animals but for our own--without them, we are told, we cannot survive.
Conclusion
Although Leonard Nimoy is dead, his legacy or, rather, the legacy of Mr. Spock, lives on forever.
Star Trek, on the other hand, may have entertained millions but, amazingly, it has also taught the world much. It taught us the importance of commitment to worthy causes, sticking by and defending the people closest to us, always displaying loyalty, and, most important of all, making the right choices when it comes to our health.
Copyright, 2015. Fred Fletcher. All rights reserved.
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