Take Me To Post Comment Form Now that Netflix offers a “watch instantly feature, I find myself immersed in documentaries fairly regularly.

Over the weekend, I watched Maxed Out and tonight I watched Coral Reef Adventure. The former represented the consumerism of our world and the latter showcased the extreme beauty and high importance of underwater realms.

I have often heard the colors in a box of crayons being compared to the color of a rainbow. Although rainbows are undeniably beautiful things, the limited colors are no competition for the magnificence surrounding a coral reef. Everything is so vibrant, so breathtaking. I don’t think that even the greatest of artists among mankind could craft anything that comes close and I wouldn’t care for them to. Some things are simply not for man to own.

There were many faces to look at. Eyes, nostrils, mouths. There were curious observations, moments of fear and concern, as well as looks of daring and warning. Some of those faces were human, but even more were marine. We are so different and yet some traits are so recognizable.

When the divers would enter the water, creatures would scatter and then some of the curious would investigate. Some of the inhabitants were obviously uncomfortable with the human addition, but most were unhindered. I find it quite inspiring and yet very disheartening, how in that liquid existence, foreigners are accepted and yet on the dry land above the surface, an invasion is met with destruction. The sea does not build bombs.

We have the choice of healing or destruction and for some reason, we keep choosing the destruction. We set out to conquer, possess, and do away with, as though that gives us some level of superiority, but all I see it as being is weakness of character. We seek out to control everything else while we cannot even seem to control ourselves. We let greed and convenience control us and say it is power. We are turning ourselves into victims and wiping out entire ecosystems in the process. We are ruining the things that future generations should have the chance to experience, to nurture, and enjoy.

We have choices and it is time to start making the right ones. We are capable of so much good. I think it is long past time that we embrace that potential.

Here are some links of interest:

CoralFilm.com
OceanFutures.org
ReefCheck.org

Click here to read my creatures of interest and additional notes as well as to watch the trailer.