expansion and contraction

it seems to me all of life is a series of expansions and contractions
even watching the fire in the wood stove
it expands to encompass the entire fire chamber........then as it goes on it contracts to just a bed of coals and ash

families are like that too

a couple sets up a home, and soon children and/or pets arrive
for years if you are lucky
that home is the center of a world of love and activity

eventually the offspring move on to their own homes
and the cycle begins again

it's all over the place when you think about it

companies grow..........expand and then contract
it may just be the natural order of things

following that thought

you can see religions, civilizations, societies doing the exact same thing
as does populations


there is no point to this post

just observations

that's what happens when you watch a fire in a woodstove