Tube Worms

I was watching a 60 Minutes segment last night on Bob Ballard, the great explorer of the ocean. Although he is the man who found the Titanic he would really prefer to be known for his discovery of the six foot tall tube worms he found by accident on an expedition he led near the Galapagos Islands. Before this discovery it was thought that the origin of all life on Earth was in sunlight. Yet these tube worms were 8,000 feet below the surface, living in total darkness, thriving off the energy of the Earth, not sunlight.

The knowledge of these Giant Tube Worms was fascinating to me, sometimes called the ‘worm guy’. My small red wiggling red worms do not like the sun but do depend on it for food. But here are giant tube worms drawing energy from around them in the deep darkness of the sea.

The lesson of these worms for me is that on dark, dreary days I can find the uplifting spirits I receive from the sun in other things of the world around me. Like a tube worm we can live in the dark.

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