Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Plants & Us

Do you remember the middle school science project where a plant was placed in a closed and covered wooden box, with a hole only on one side from where sunlight enters. The conclusion of the experiment to prove phototropism and negative geotropism is not just to be forgotten with the unit tests.

Today i remembered this simple science activity after 15 yrs while helping out my maid's daughter with her homework. In the experiment, despite the darkness in the box, the plant grows. It bends and grows in the direction of the sun-light which enters through the small hole in the box. Defying the gravity that pulls everything down, the plant still grows upward towards light. Despite what the plant takes in, it only gives out fresh and pure air.

We should be like plants, growing only upwards, towards light, against the forces that pulls us down, and only spread the good aura around.

Get, Set and Go Green!!

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