The wild world is vital to us all — You don't get nature on your own terms. You don't get life of any kind on your own terms: a sermon that has been preached to generation after generation by the stinging nettle. The provokers of childhood tears grow up to become a plant avoided or cursed by adults: the amount of pain it can deliver always an unpleasant surprise.... [Tags: adults, nettle, sermon, stinging nettle, unpleasant surprise]