Spores

Sometime every year, in the darkness of the night, thousands of corals release their spores to the waters that surround them. These round and tiny specks of white, fill the water like dust fills the air after cars run through dry roads during the summer. The spores, tiny lifeforms in themselves, get carried away by the waves, swaying, floating and landing somewhere where hopefully they will have a stable enough surface to settle, clean enough waters to flourish and survive the other harsh elements of the sea. It seems such a natural phenomenon, this state of riding with the tide and going where the currents flow. It is much like the way trees drop their fruits when they are ripe enough and let their seeds get scattered by the animals that feed on them or the flower that dries out and  sprinkles its' seeds in the wind. Maybe there is a lesson here for me. Maybe part of our nature is to do the same, to let go of things, not hang on to them forever and let the currents take them to where they would need to go. Such a release would make us ready to take on other things, to prepare for the next year that comes or be ready for a new life, a new start. Maybe by releasing, we enable a part of us to grow somewhere else and fulfill the cycle of life.