Chain letter

By Vichara


Today I invite you to participate in a chain letter. No this is not the kind that if you don't send this to 10 people you know in the next 5 minutes bad luck will come your way. No, it's a chain letter that has no obligations, but simple to execute. Just pick 1 person you know and send them a quick, simple note. A single compassionate message in one line or a few words. This will create a small wave of positive energy and like a small stone in a pond, watch it out and possibly back to you. If it does and you feel so inclined...send another. Remember, keep it simple because the sometimes the simplest things can be profound.

chiropteran • \kye-RAHP-tuh-run\ • noun
: any of an order of night-flying mammals with forelimbs modified to form wings : bat

Example Sentence:
The vampire hunters were greeted by swarms of chiropterans as they entered Dracula's castle.

Did you know?
"Chiroptera" is the name of the order of the only mammal capable of true flight, the bat. The name is influenced by the hand-like wings of bats, which are formed from four elongated "fingers" covered by a cutaneous membrane. It is based on the Greek words for "hand," "cheir," and "wing," "pteron." "Cheir" also had a hand in the formation of the word "surgery," which is ultimately derived from the ancient word "cheirourgos," meaning "doing by hand." "Pteron" is widely used in technical names of flying insects. It’s also the ancestor of a well-known, common word: "helicopter," which joins “pteron” with Greek "heliko," meaning "spiral.”

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