Just Because

   Have you ever pondered the use of some things?  If you look hard enough, there is a purpose for every natural thing on this earth.  Even the things we deem as "not good" have a reason for being here.  Nothing was created simply to take up space.  Things have a purpose.  

  I was in the midst of a "deep thinking" when it occurred to me that occasionally that all-important reason was just to be.  At this point, I am beginning to think that is my purpose...just to be.  Still, there has to be more.  While on my last stroll for the evening, my thoughts ricocheted around in the dark corners of my brain.  Other than knocking out a few cobwebs, not much was accomplished until just before I was back at the front steps.  The sun was sliding down behind the oak trees and was shooting a few, feeble beams through the garden.  One ray of light dappled upon the water hyacinths in Puddle Pond.  It was a lovely sight to behold. 

  It was then that a thought of wonder struck me. "The water hyacinths are not much good for anything other than looking pretty."  It is true.  The plants are highly invasive and can clog waterways in a matter of months.  Let one rogue plant be dumped free and chaos begins.  These plants can even grow in brackish waters such as the Bayou or even the Bay.  Nothing eats them other than a few bugs that, in desperation, will nibble a few bites.  (At one time, the plants were choking waterways so bad, there was a thought of importing hippos to remedy the problem.  Look it up.  1910..Hippo Bill.  Crazy.)  So, the plants are not useful as foodstuffs.  Other than being pretty, I have only found that they make good fertilizer for the garden.  And, therein, lies another problem because, if you are not careful, they can acclimate to being ground plants especially if you have a particularly wet season.  Obviously, some things are meant to just be pretty and serve no other apparent purpose.  (I am sure there is a use but it escapes my feeble thoughts.) 

  All of this brought one thought...if you feel your purpose on this old earth is not important.  Just be...be the best YOU there is.  That is enough.