Mrs Gren

Mrs Gren

MRS GREN is an acronym often used in schools to help students remember all the universal features that define a living organism. Here is a slightly refined version for you to consider:

Movement
Essential: Action and movement go hand in hand. You can’t grow without action; thus movement, is essential.

Respiration
Essential: Don’t breathe and you die

Sensitivity
Essential: To sense is to perceive; perception enables experience; experience creates understanding; understanding leads to growth.

Growth
Essential: When we stop growing, we stagnate. When we stagnate, we spiritually die; the light of our vitality fades. 

Reproduction
Optional, but recommended.

Excretion
Essential: Everyone shits!

Nutrition
Essential: Don’t eat and you die.

Are you still classed as a living organism by these standards?

Enjoy, for now.

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