Complexity and Simplicity are Not Opposites

I love to examine ice crystals on a window or the intricate structures of ice crystals under the thin film of ice at the curb when the water dropped slowly underneath. I am also enthralled with the patterns of ice crystals called "hoarfrost" on the bare branches of trees. These designs are complex and simple at the same time. This seeming contradiction is the reason for the beauty of ice crystals or tree branches covered with frost. In systems thinking a "system" is a dynamic and complex whole, interacting as a structured functional unit. We are all parts of many systems, interacting and interrelating simply and profoundly. We all need each other and truly no one is an island, isolated and independent. Our largest contradictions in life are the result of our attempts to break away from the systems that sustain us. On the other hand, the greatest fulfillments of our lives are the results of acknowledging our place in the cosmos and the beauty of our multitude of complex relationships.