My One Deep Thought

I had a profound thought the other day. It was awesome. I was walking on campus and I saw a leaf fall. This does not normally phase me but it seemed to go in slow motion for me.
I thought (I often feel bad for the poor leaves with people stepping on them) how interesting it is that leaves bring so much joy to the eye and they are beautiful...and yet, they just fall to the ground and are stepped on and raked up. Then they just decompose.

That led me to thinking about how acorns on the other hand, and seeds, are not nearly as pleasing to the eye. Sure, people like my mom love them, but they are brown and not colorful. They are not noticed unless someone steps on them.
And yet, think of all those powerful trees that live because they once were an acorn, or a seed. It is cool that though it is not by worldly eyes beautiful, it has such a profound effect and can grow into something that makes beautiful things. Anyway, it just made me think of all of our lives and the decisions that we make. Do we want to beautiful like the leaf, and just fall to nothing, or do we want to protect ourselves like the acorn does and when we fall create something much better? Just some food for thought.