Dr Rassan Tarabein

Programmed Self Extermination Dr Rassan Tarabein

Programmed Cell Death (or PCD, also known as Apoptosis) is a proven undisputed fact of life. About a million cells die in our body every second. The vast majority don't die from an outside invader (such as bacteria, parasites, or viruses). They usually die from the inside. Once deviate from the norm, then programmed cell death gets activated!PCD is a universal law, and it has no exception. Think of every empire's rise and fall, from the Romans, the Ottomans, to the Nazi's to the Brits. Each of them vanished because of collapse from the inside, and not because of an elusive ghost enemy who proclaimed the glory of their destruction. Losers have no voice in history. Thus, we only know the side of those elusive heroic winners' stories. The fact remains that all civilizations arose because of internal strength and broke down from internal decay. Victory never comes as a gift. Seemingly, nobody can ever cause a defeat. A self-destruction program is embedded in each cell, person, and nation to eliminate the wicked to keep life in check and balance. The same law does exist in the whole universe. Humans are no exception. Once anything, anybody, and any nation fall into decay, it activates its programmed own death and vanishes in utter destruction. The Romans grew to become the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. They crushed every enemy mercilessly and controlled the entire world known back then. The inequality, injustice, corruption, and decay were what haunted them till they broke down. Their wrongs were like acid; it corroded only its container. Once it gets weak enough, it becomes easy to be crushed by just about anything or anybody. Keeping oneself simple, right, pure, and plain is what matters to survive. Life is short. Its fruit is a good character, acting for the common good and not for self. Marcus Aurelius realized this as a fact well before the Roman Empire's rise and fall. He was not born emperor but suddenly became the richest man globally and ruled over the largest empire in history. However, he never obtained that position deliberately, nor he never lost his sense of what was important. He realized his enormous risk of spinning off the right path. When we experience success, we should always remember where we were. We should never allow success to corrupt us. Victory is more dangerous than defeat. Continue to maintain humility despite the temptation to be arrogant is what defines character. Reason must lead the way no matter what good or bad fortune brings