Wow, 12 years old already.
You’re growing up so fast and becoming a beautiful young lady. We are proud of
you and appreciate your desire to read, learn, understand, and live the truths
of God. We feel very blessed to be your parents and enjoy this treasured time
together.
You have a spunky little
personality, full of fun and excitement. You like to tease your dear old dad,
scare him by surprise, or take his keys just to get a reaction and see if he call
still run. He’s still pretty fast, huh? We won’t mention that sometimes he uses
the little undersized 50cc motorcycle to catch you. Oh, the fun we have
together!
Thanks for your
thoughtfulness, kindness, and love. Gentleness, sensitivity, and a genuine
smile are some of your qualities that bless the lives of many. Thanks for being
such a wonderful daughter and we appreciate your life of integrity. Thanks for
the excitement and joy you bring to every occasion. You play a special part of
our home, and our family would be incomplete without your sparkly personality.
We wish you a Happy Birthday
and hope you enjoy this little story:
The
Hundredth Monkey
The Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, has been
observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years. In 1952, on the island of
Koshima scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the
sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the
dirt unpleasant.
An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could
solve the problem in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her mother. Her
playmates also learned this new way and they taught their mothers, too. This
cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before the eyes
of the scientists.
Between 1952 and 1958, all the young monkeys learned
to wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more palatable. Only the adults
who imitated their children learned this social improvement. Other adults kept
eating the dirty sweet potatoes.
Then something startling took place. In the autumn of
1958, a certain number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet potatoes—the exact
number is not known. Let us suppose that when the sun rose one morning there
were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes.
Let’s further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to
wash potatoes.
THEN IT HAPPENED!
By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was
washing sweet potatoes before eating them. The added energy of this hundredth
monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough!
But notice. A most surprising thing observed by these
scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the
sea …Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland troop of monkeys at
Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes!
Thus, when a certain critical number achieves an
awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind. Although
the exact number may very, the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon means that when only
a limited number of people know of a new way, it may remain the consciousness
property of these people. But there is a point at which if only one more person
tunes-in to a new awareness, a field is strengthened so that this awareness is
picked up by almost everyone! …
You may be the
"Hundredth Monkey"…
Love,
Mom and Dad
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