Dear Students,

I spend a lot of time, money, and energy making sure my Kentucky Bluegrass lawn looks good. But Poa pratensis is an invasive species. It snuck its way to the Americas as a stowaway on some ship. Some people might even consider it a weed. And yet I pour tens of thousands of gallons of water on it each year to make it grow, and then I cut it every week. The world is weird.

The world gets the way it is through infinite small circumstances like this. There is no plan and there is no way it’s supposed to be. Remember that when you imagine what you want the future to look like.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck