I AM MAIZE

          I am Maize.  Corn to you.  I am the symbol of fertility.

          I am Maize.  Remember when you were created, and you were told to "be fruitful and multiply"?  That was a blessing, not carte blanche to fill every nook and cranny of the planet with your kind.

          I am Maize.  Your gift of Mind was intended to help you see the limits and to call a halt when those limits were approached.

          I am Maize.  But you continue to reproduce without thought, and even to claim that reproduction is a divine commandment.  You fail to see that you have already done your part and that to continue reproducing is to tax both the planet that supports you and the other species with which you share that planet.

          I am Maize.  All are One.  What happens around the world, happens to you.  When one child dies from starvation, it affects you and the entire planet.  You are connected--you cannot escape because you are not there.

          I am Maize.  Now that you have reached such numbers, use your collective minds to bring blessing to your kind rather than mere quantity.