I was running yesterday and I happened upon an amazing site (at least to myself!). On the side of the track I was running along was a vast bed of rocks and gravel. A vast 'sea' of lifeless and difficult terrain upon which the sun's mighty radiation ceaselessly pounded during the day. And in the middle was a single plant, thriving in the midst of what would only be assumed to be an inhabitable zone. I was suddenly struck with the thought that life, no matter what, will always find a way. How did...