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Life on earth is tenacious.
It has already survived several mass extinctions, global catastrophes. To steal from the old Timex ads "It takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'."
In the past 540 million years there have been five major extinction events when over 50 percent of animal species died. Boom! The last one, known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction occurred approximately 65.5 million years ago, killed the majority of species including those big boys, the dinosaurs.
Okay. You are correct; some survived to live on as birds, and that does illustrate the bone at the center of this post’s drumstick. Life on earth is tenacious. It finds a way. It pushes forward. Despite the odds, despite the obstacles, despite meteors, volcanoes, earthquakes and other apocalyptic disasters, life goes on.
At the nature center, many of the trees are beginning to drop their leaves. The rest are showing signs of age, changing their colors and, yet, here is a young redbud, still sallying forth, producing fresh new leaves. Still not willing to “go gentle into that good night.”
Yes, this young leaf will wilt and fade in about a month, but it still puts forth the effort. The tree will carry on and will regrow new leaves next spring.
The drive to survive is too strong to prevent it.
Thank you Karen Sue for your tenacity.
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Life on earth is tenacious.
It has already survived several mass extinctions, global catastrophes. To steal from the old Timex ads "It takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'."
In the past 540 million years there have been five major extinction events when over 50 percent of animal species died. Boom! The last one, known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction occurred approximately 65.5 million years ago, killed the majority of species including those big boys, the dinosaurs.
Okay. You are correct; some survived to live on as birds, and that does illustrate the bone at the center of this post’s drumstick. Life on earth is tenacious. It finds a way. It pushes forward. Despite the odds, despite the obstacles, despite meteors, volcanoes, earthquakes and other apocalyptic disasters, life goes on.
At the nature center, many of the trees are beginning to drop their leaves. The rest are showing signs of age, changing their colors and, yet, here is a young redbud, still sallying forth, producing fresh new leaves. Still not willing to “go gentle into that good night.”
Yes, this young leaf will wilt and fade in about a month, but it still puts forth the effort. The tree will carry on and will regrow new leaves next spring.
The drive to survive is too strong to prevent it.
Thank you Karen Sue for your tenacity.
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