The world is a beautiful place to live. It has animals,
plants, nature et al.
God has given every living being a very good sense of liking
things. The animals like their partners, kids, food. The birds like the same.
These two genres are elevated to a higher level than the insects. Probably
insects’ life begins with birth, mating, laying eggs, dying.
Birds and animals have some connection with the human
beings. For example, birds like parrot, love birds can stay in the human
dwelling. A few animals like dogs, cats, rabbits live with human beings. They
have adapted themselves to stay and survive in the human company.
But for the human being, God has given a special feature
called reasoning. Yes, reasoning. He can see, smell, touch, listen and eat like
animals. But he can also appreciate the things around him. (The reason for
using he is only for the ease of use!)
Earlier humans were staying in forests eating raw vegetables
and animals. Slowly they started having a sense of belonging. The man started
having one wife and kids from that wife.
He marked the boundary for his house. He declared it is his
own. Then he researched and got vehicles. He started using so many modern
things and got immersed in them. The forest life is forgotten.
Why that? Even the very ordinary things like rising of the
sun, chirping of the birds etc. were totally forgotten. He is so much engaged
with his daily fight to survive that ordinary enjoyments have become things of
the past.
But when the tension prevails too much in life, we want a
breakaway. What do we do then? We take a vacation. We go to places like hill
stations, resorts, and homestays to forget the routine life.
So funny!
We actually started from there; we now live in concrete
jungles. Our eardrums have become totally numb to the noise pollution, the eyes
do not care about the dust getting into our eyes, the nose has become regularly
used the stench around us. We don’t actually care about a leaking sewage pipe
unless it happens in our own house.
A maximum of one week in a resort, we start getting bored.
We want our cars, televisions, mobile talks back.
I remember my uncle’s holiday itinerary. He stays in the US
of A. The whole family consisting of my uncle, aunt and two children decided go
for a holiday on a cruise to the Caribbean Islands. The management of the
cruise had drawn out a few conditions. No mobile, no laptop for the whole of
two weeks.
It is almost like forgetting the whole world for one
fortnight. They enjoyed the trip, they said after coming back.
My question is can we not do the following in a day, every
day?
I will take my own example. I wake up at 4.30 am. I listen
to the chant of the Lord. This is my alarm sound. We can have a lovely chirpy
bird sound. We have so much of modernity in our mobiles nowadays.
I go for my walk either on the treadmill or outside in the
park depending on whether the weather is good to walk outside.
If I go on the treadmill I either listen to some lovely
music or watch a good movie/serial in my mobile. This gives me quite a good
pep. If I go out to the park for the walk, the music would be ringing in my
ears in a low tone. But my eyes will feast on the lovely colorful flowers,
their fragrances, the birds and butterflies in the park. The heart will fill
with peace.
There, the Sun is rising. The orange light slowly becomes
yellowish to whitish.
These a few very few things out of many more things we can
enjoy.. like a pup which comes jumping at us, the small baby’s lovely smile...
oh... life is so beautiful... provided we decided to make it one.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine
interest in all the details of daily life and elevating them to an art.
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