Thinking Outside the Box

Last week of February 2026, at the University of California, Riverside, a young scientist challenged me. “What does it really mean,” she asked, “to think outside the box?”

Surrounded by brilliant minds mapping genes and perfecting biochemical reactions, I realized something. Thinking outside the box is not about rejecting science. It is about connecting it.

So I went home… and I looked at my own family. B12 — my son-in-law, co-founder of a company by that name. B6 — my daughter, a pediatrician, nurturing growth and development. B1 and B2 — my grandchildren, pure energy and new beginnings. Vitamin D — my son, physician turned farmer, walking in sunlight and sustainability. Magnesium — myself, at the center of chlorophyll. Iron — my wife, the strength of hemoglobin… the true bloodline.

Chlorophyll and hemoglobin share the same pyrrole ring. One carries magnesium. One carries iron. Life in plants. Life in blood.

Same structure. Different purpose.

That is thinking outside the box.

Science. Family. Food. Society. All connected.