Not Meme… Viral ideas

Meme is a phrase coined by Richard Dawkins in his book “‘The Selfish Gene’. It refers to an idea, concept, pattern that can be and is copied. This includes tunes, jingles, habits, trends, styles etc. In this modern, cyber-linked age they can spread from one side of the globe to the other very quickly. You can see people in the wildest parts of the Brazilian jungle wearing Manchester United t-shirts!

It is not clear exactly how or why some ideas catch on and others do not. I suspect that Morphic Resonance hols one part of the answer to this puzzle. However, ideas do spread like measles. Habits are catching. What idea or habit would you like to share with the world? Think about it… if your ideas are tiny meme seeds, what are you planting? Will it feed the world and nourish it or is it ‘junk food’.

Let’s start sowing what we would like our children to reap…. Think something lovely today!

“If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak then to me” William Shakespeare

“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” Norman V Peale

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