As I was booting up to go to play football outdoors, it suddenly got windy. There were leaves all around the place. Wherever the windows were open the place was showered with dry leaves. When I went out to my amazement the blue and red basketball court had turned yellow with a thick layer of dry leaves, It was a complete mess with no clear place to step upon. The football ground like a chameleon was changing its colour from lush green to caramel yellow. There were just leaves and more leaves all around the place, there were mini dust storms. I took shelter in the watchman’s cabin. As I set there the bare trees caught my attention. I began asking myself. Why do trees shed their leaves? The only sensible thing that came to my mind is, may be because the leaves were old and it had to get new leaves. I started looking in all directions and I realized that there were many other trees shedding their leaves too. I was amazed. I decided to do a little research.
I picked up my mobile phone which was charging, it was charging for over an hour, if it had the freedom and ability it would have shown 200% charged. I felt a little guilty for over charging it, but immediately got back to what I had come to do. I asked Google guru – Why do trees shed leaves? The Genius Google reframed my question to, Why do trees shed their leaves in winter? I know its smarter than me but in should do its job without insulting people. Google answered - During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. The trees live off the food they had stored during the summer. The main reason for leaf drop on most trees is that, come ? winter, it gets pretty cold and dry in our part of the world. Rather than expend energy to protect these fragile organs, trees shed leaves to conserve resources. I was very happy upon reading the answer but I wanted to wonder why Google had specified winter. So to take my revenge I asked Google – Why do trees shed their leaves in summer? The leaf drop is an adaptation that allows the trees to shed leaves in summer to reduce the potential for even greater water loss. The fewer leaves, the less water needed to keep them happy and the less water escaping from the soft leaf tissue. I humbly accepted that Google was way smarter than I thought it to be. Something else dawned upon me, there is a very important lesson in this. We all know that leaves are very important to any plant or a tree irrespective of the size. They prepare the food that the tree needs, yet for survival sake the trees let go of their leaves. In our life too we have many attachments, this may not even be bad but for us in order to survive and grow we need to make these significant sacrifices. Nature teaches in ways we do not expect lets be attentive and plucked out all are bad as well as good habits which may hinder our survival.
Moral: Let’s shed all that blocks our growth and development.
