Journal #20

The cycle of life is a complex cycle that has been occurring since the beginning of time. Ever since a creepy crawly crawled, a feathered bird took flight, and a hungry carnivore hunted, the cycle of life has been present. The petite but significant beetle, searches the dirt ground for a satisfying meal of dirt and waste. Growing plump off of his findings his life is short lived as it serves for a greater purpose. The meal of another, such as a tan striped mere cat named Timone or a husky grown warthog named Pumba. As displayed in the classic Disney movie, The Lion King, the circle of life is simply apart of how life works. As the small slender mere cat or fat warthog or more likely a feathered bird of the sky survives off of bugs such as the beetle, they  too serve a purpose in the cycle of life. Whether they know it or not, they too will be hunted and used as food energy for a mammal larger than them. Low in the prairie grass crouches a hungry lioness stalking its prey. Its focused eyes are locked on the warthog following its every move. Even when it is lost from sight, the skilled lioness naturally is able to pick up its scent and follow the sound of the breaking twigs as the oblivious warthog travels through the brush. Moving slowly and cautiously across the earth's floor, the lioness pursuits its prey. Then suddenly, with a ginormous leap the lioness jumps through the air at the exasperated warthog now drained from the heat of the afternoon sun. As the sucessful lioness licks her lips and enjoys the sweet taste of victory, the cycle of life is continued. Even the great predator of  the jungle cannot escape death. Even if not by being captured and eaten by another mammal, the lioness too will eventually die like the rest and become a part of the earth. There the beetle enjoys his meal as the cycle of life is completed.