EFFORTS

I was on the bus. The pavements were all lined with fallen flowers which, apparently, couldn't withstand the winds and rain earlier on.

Biology at NIE teaches that plants are amazing. They know how to direct their resources. In a rainforest, there are vast diversities of types of plants / trees. Some tall with canopy; others, short and stubby.

For plants, the most common dilemma is having to choose between water and sunlight. And they can choose only one. So says the tutor.


Some type of trees choose sunlight. It's in their nature. As a result, they blossom. Tall and straight; with countless branches webbing out magnificently like spider webs. Others choose to invest in water. As a result, they end up short and stubby; because all their glucose (energy resource) are used to grow deeper roots that can better reach the waters.

The principle is: you only choose one. Only one.


Choose only one; and forget about the other.

I feel so sad for those that chose to invest in sunlight; in their leaves and branches.


I looked at the pavements lined with all the pretty flowers. Each species with its own unique colour. Whites on one pavement. Lilacs on the other. And countless more.

The flowers are their buds; the precious gems of the collective efforts invested over the months, or years. And here they are, trodden on the ground. And no one cares or feel sad for the loss.