weeds
life growing rampant
essence of survival
I WILL
Weeds are nature’s way of letting humans know who’s boss. [Helpful hint: not humans!]
If soil is capable of sustaining life, seeds (or rhizomes) take hold and grow. They don’t ask permission, they don’t try to hide, and they don’t assess situations for the perfect moment. They are exuberant, they are determined, they succeed.
In nature, in science, and in life sometimes we need to look not for the orderly expected. Rather, we can learn a great deal by examining the unexpected and disorderly. What made that place right for that individual? What qualities do those individuals, or does that group, have that promote success?
Weeds is a science term of simple and familiar but epic proportion. The idea that sometimes there is life where you didn’t expect it (and often didn’t want it) is profound. Who decides what lives or dies? True, we can yank weeds out — but how many times a growing season do we do this, only to find that the weed has been replaced?
Over time, if you watch a patch of weeds and don’t molest it, an amazing transformation occurs as the smaller colonizer and restoring plants are replaced by those that feed the wildlife or provide shade and habitat. The beauty of less-showy flowers and the symmetry, even elegance, of the foliage are not apparent unless you slow down and sit with the plant for a while.
Weeds: Nature’s Way.
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