A wind in the door.

Madeleine L'Engle, after writing A Wrinkle in Time, wrote three other books that continue the story of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin. The first follow-up story is called A Wind in the Door, and as weird and science-fictiony as it is, I think I might like it more than the first book.

The underlying theme of the book is that size is relative. Perhaps it takes reading the book to really understand the implications and magnitude of this idea, but here's an example. Think of how incredibly small we, as humans, are compared to the universe. This book then asks you to think about, say, a cell in your body. How small it is compared to its relative universe, your body. And if you paid any attention at all to your biology class in high school, you know that even the human cell is a densely complex thing. We also know that something as (relatively) small as a cell has an immense effect on our bodies. For instance, what about a cancer cell? Its effects are felt not only throughout the body, but also it affects the people who know and love that person. And the chain reaction continues to cosmic levels.

Size is relative and, as the book suggests, not all that imporant. Regardless of how small or large you seem next to someone or something else, there is always something incredibly larger or incredibly smaller that is just as important as you are -- as complex and unique as you are.

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