F ROM T HE EDI T OR
The Spirit of Survival Thi s m onth’s issue o f “Go t Rum? ” i ncl udes par t 2 of Th e S pirit o f S u rv iv a l (see page 54). Fo llo win g la st mo n t h ’s p u blication of p a rt 1, I re ceived sev e ra l c om m ents and inquirie s fro m readers , a sking w hat the futu re o f yeast’s e vol uti on looks like . Re st assure d t h a t w e will expl ore this topic in the n e x t i nstal l m ent of th e se rie s, fo r n o w a ll I w ant to shar e is that th e ch e mical a n d b iological war between micro o rganis ms n e ver ends, re sultin g in a continuou s e vol uti on of atta ck and d e fense s tr ategi es. Thi s r em i nds me o f the p o e m “Yo u Will N ever See Me Fa ll” b y Joyce A lcant a ra : You ma y see me struggle , but you won’t see me fall.
and consta n tly g e t p u t o n th e sp o t .
W h a t is y o u r s t ra t e g y t o o v e rc o me lif e ’s s t ru g g le s a n d o b s t a c le s ? H a s it b e e n t h e s a me a ll y o u r lif e o r h a s it e v o lv e d o v e r t ime ? U n lik e t h e mic ro b ia l wo rld , wh e re e v o lu t io n a ry a d a p t a t io n s c a n re q u ire t h o u s a n d s o r millio n s o f y e a rs t o h a p p e n , u s h u m a n s c a n c h o o s e d iff e re n t s t ra t e g ie s o n d e ma n d , c h a n g in g a n d a d a p t in g mu c h f a s t e r t h a n t h e a n ima l k in g d o m c a n .
I’m goi ng to we a r the b iggest sm ile ,
W is h in g y o u a ll a s a f e a n d e n jo y a b l e s u mme r.
R egar dless if I’m we a k o r n o t , I’m go ing to sta n d ta ll. Ever yo n e sa ys life is e a sy, but truly livin g it is not. Time s g e t h a rd, pe o p le struggle
even though I want to cry. I’ m g oin g to fight to live ,
Ch e e rs !
even though I’m d e stined to d ie. And eve n th o u g h it’s hard and I m ay stru g g le thro u g h it a ll, you m ay se e me stru g g le... but you will NE V E R see me fal l.
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