The Dawn Is Coming!
1963, over 50 years ago, Pierre
Boulle, a Frenchman and novelist, published a novel titled "La Planète des
singes" or in English, "Monkey Planet"; a story that follows 3
human explorers as they journey to an orbiting planet of a star. As we delve
into the narrative, we learn that humans like you and me once roamed the place.
However, due to our war-like behavior, our inability to truly love, and live in
peace amongst one another, our closest relative, the ape, has evolved, taught
itself civility through our mistakes, and taken over as the dominant species.
Generations upon MANY generations later, the human is a savage-like creature
who doesn't know a word of English (or French in this case) and the ape is the
civilized, sophisticated mammal. We’ve gone backwards and the ape forward. BOTH
sides only know one truth … “Ape is superior to Man”. So our 3 explorers now
stumble into this world and begin the intellectual battle for supremacy in this
planet of apes.
This
is a story that services the intellect and challenges beliefs ... way beyond
belief. It's a story that's made humanity question its ethics and learn to love
his brother rather than hate him. For over 50 years, this story challenges
generations with its new renditions to teach the new wave of hearts; helping us
all to become the loving people that we know, deep down, we are to be and not
the savage like creatures we can become.
This
Friday let that story remind you of the loving person you are!
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