Ever thought about how bizarrely similar an egg and a bean are? One comes from a chicken, the other from the ground. One is a breakfast staple, the other a poor man's meal. Yet, when you strip away the labels, they’re practically twins—two biological powerhouses designed for the exact same mission: to create life.
Crack open an egg, and you’re looking at the perfect little universe of protein, fat, and vitamins, engineered to transform a lifeless shell into a breathing, chirping creature. The yolk? Pure energy. The white? The construction material. Every single molecule exists to build a living, moving, conscious being.
Now take a bean. Seems humble, right? But bury it in the soil, and it erupts into life. The carbohydrate stores fuel its transformation, proteins help form its structure, and within days, a shoot emerges, fighting its way toward the sun. A bean doesn’t just contain life—it is life in waiting.
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And here we are, casually tossing both onto our plates, chewing them down without a second thought. But think about it—every bite of an egg or a bean is a bite of potential life. It’s not just food. It’s nature’s most fundamental currency, biological raw material, repurposed to keep another living thing going—us.
The difference? One was meant to hatch. The other was meant to root. But in the end, we hijack both. We steal their potential, rewrite their destiny, and claim their nutrients as our own.
So next time you eat an egg or a bean, remember: You’re not just feeding yourself. You’re consuming something that was never meant for you. And yet, somehow, it’s perfect for you.
Nature is weird like that.
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