cicadas life cycle --- just be

 

With great fascination I read an article on these otherwise ignored insects. I also watched a brief video on cicadas by Sir David Attenborough..here.

17 years they live underground. At the end of 17 years they magically surface from beneath on to the surface; they signal their arrival by their deafening orchestra.. They live for a very short while, mate, lay eggs and die.. in their death they leave behind themselves to make the soil richer in nutrients.

How humbling.. they just be.. they just do..

As the most intelligent species we complicate our lives with our own meta cognition..

Can we just be.. just do... Try it out.. it is a huge release.. as I practise this, I gain more peace.. I have a lot more to learn and evolve.