#photosynthesis

There are 3 reasons I decided to tattoo this formula on my arm:

1. Gratitude. Photosynthesis is fundamental to life as we know it, on this big blue planet some call Earth. This basic process set the stage for all of evolution and it continues to build and support life in miraculous ways.
   
   
2. Salvation. It’s our saving grace. There is a way to navigate this predicament of carbon abuse and catastrophe. By harnessing the power of photosynthesis, we can accelerate the process of carbon sequestration, bringing CO2 from the air to the ground. Like a magnet, that’s fast, graceful and efficient. It gives me the chance to wake up and say – “Look! There’s only 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter, but with the right team mindset, world class coaching, and flow state execution, we can turn this game around and maybe come home with a Save the Planet Superbowl Trophy.” That comeback potential is sweet nectar for my psyche and spirit. 
   
   
3. Humility. A brilliant Japanese farmer wrote a book called “The One Straw Revolution.” Masanobu Fukuoka’s life expressed his “theory of the uselessness of human knowledge.” He asks questions like “what is it to know nature?” and shares insights such as, “only a baby can know nature.” 
   From his years of working as a plant pathologist, he experienced how more dissection and analysis only led him further from true understanding and awareness. So when I see the majesty of photosynthesis reduced to a mere equation, I remember that there is more magic left unanswered still. This process cannot be reproduced in a lab. How does it happen? Why does it happen? I may never know and it is this humility that whispers: I belong to the world. It does not belong to me.