Koi fish are quite remarkable. Originally from Central Europe and Asia, the Koi represent love and affection, and are seen as symbols of this in Japan today. I can imagine the excitement when it was first discovered that they will grow as big as their environments allow. And this isn’t a phenomena restricted to just Koi. All fish have this capacity. And thus the expression, “Big fish in a small pond” is born. I think about this and am immediately filled with an indescribable amount of excitement. If we too can endlessly grow, than imagine the possibilities of what we can do in this world. With the infinitesimally small amount of time we are given on the earth in this form, we can not only explore the pond in which we live, but can explore all the ponds of the world, the universe. Because we are only limited by what we allow to limit ourselves, life can truly be an ever evolving process. Scratch that, it IS ever an evolving process, we just have to make a choice to accept that or not. And if you subscribe to this (that we are continuously evolving) then life never ends…it grows. Even in death we continue to do so. As our energy and evolutionary DNA transform itself into other life, our spiritual and genetic code strengthen. With that, imagine the pond in which you live now. The influences, the languages, the history, culture and love. Is it the pond in which you have room to grow? Or is it time to find a bigger body of water?