Desired Destiny
Backwards Rabbit Podcast Link Have you ever seen a bunny run backwards? Of course not. There’s no practical application for a bunny to even try. Running is a bunny’s defense mechanism that keeps it safe. To run forward is to have strength and direction but to run backwards is to accept defeat. In my undergraduate career, one of my favorite classes was human anatomy. I never imagined that this class would teach me the connection between a bunny’s ability for locomotion and the concept of destiny, but that was one of the main take-home lessons I got from my professor’s instruction. The professor explained muscle movement and purpose with the analogy of a bunny running away from a predator. He asked the class why the front legs are so much smaller than the hind legs and why the hind legs have much less mobility than the forelegs. The reasoning he gave is that this gives notice to the purpose of the fore and hind legs respectively. The hind legs need to be bi...