Nature Makes It Better

30 Nature Makes It Better People sometimes look at nature and fail to see its perfection. They think that if they could play around with the way nature created something, they could make it better. For example, they look at a plant and think, “ How much better this plant would be if only its flowers were more beautiful?" Or they see a summer rain and think, “ If I had designed the world, I would have made it so that it never rains in the summer when people are on vacation. " Such was the case long ago when a weary traveller settled in for a rest under a beautiful nut tree. As he sat and looked around, he observed a large pumpkin growing in a nearby garden. He noticed that the vine on which the massive pumpkin grew was small and weak. Above him, in the sturdy nut tree, he observed small round nuts hanging on strong limbs. “ How foolish nature is! " he remarked to himself. “ If nature had half a brain, it would have made these heavy pumpkins grow on this strong oak tree. And it would have placed the small nuts on that weak, thin vine. That, no doubt, is how it should have been. If I had been the creator, I surely would have done it that way. "

The traveller leaned back against the tree trunk, happy to know that his intelligence was above that of the creator of all things in the natural world. Just then, a tiny nut fell from the tree, hitting the traveller on the top of his head. Immediately, he saw the defect in his thinking. He realized how things might have been different if it had been the huge pumpkin that had fallen from high in the tree and hit him on the head. " I surcly would have died in such an event, " he said aloud. And as he went on his way, he had a new admiration for nature and its perfect design.