Grouping

Belonging or associating with solely one group is hardly ever the case; everything in our lives occurs within groups, within groups, within groups, within groups.

Example:
-An organically grown peach in our local Safeway store…

The organic fruit section
Which is found in
The organic foods section
Which is found in
The produce section of Safeway
Which is found in
The local Safeway store
Which is found in
McMinnville
Which is found in
Oregon
Which is found in
The Northwest
Which is found in
The United States of America
Which is found in
North America
Which is found in
The Earth
Which is found in
This Universe

We use these groups that things are placed in to describe and to identify the item. For example if someone asked me about organic peaches, I would describe that our local Safeway store here in McMinnville, Oregon has them in their produce section along with the other organically grown items. I would use this product’s grouping to describe the item itself. We cannot be defined by one group that we call ourselves a part of, although, associating with numerous groups can help us in our search for our own identity.

By associating with one group in particular, we can in turn have an effect on other members of the same group by other characteristics that we call our own. To me this seems like a cycle of never-ending influences, which essentially it is. People change opinions and attitudes which has an effect on the group of association which has further effects on people within the group when they associate with more groups; and the cycle continues.