EVERY ELEMENT of every living creature on earth—animal or vegetable—was forged in the stars, literally within the furnaces of the stars. We and our plant friends have that in common. We shared the nursery when we were just a collection of newborn atomic elements.
All elements carry an electrical charge: positive, negative or neutral. It is in the nature of the elements to want chemical stability; that is, to get off the merry-go-round of constant combining and splitting up with other elements and find an arrangement that remains constant. The elements do this by sharing electrons with other elements. To become stable, oxygen, for