Waiting at the bus stop for a bus to take me home after a long day, I witness such beauty in the seemingly ordinary phenomenon of the sunset! Even as I witness myself as an observer in this beautiful play of Nature, I ponder about how much we take life for granted. What is ever so transient seems irrevocably stuck in our limited vision and we begin to live restricted lives. Yet, all that it requires is a moment of sincere observation to see how much life is evolving. Life is a flux; as if the only thing that will remain constant is this perpetual life cycle itself!
Let us accept this ever-changing nature of life and take life as it comes. Each moment is heavily pregnant with opportunities to feel grateful for all that we have received in life. A simple acknowledgement of this grace in life fills us with a sense of abundance so renewing that life becomes a joy ride! Let go of all your guilt and regrets from the past as well as the anxieties about the future to see how fulfilled you are, as you are!
What follows is a poem that came to me as I was looking at the setting sun at the bus-stop.
In your golden radiance you inspire me to write,
Your brilliance revolving to create the play of day and night.
How you light up the evening sky this bright!
Life too needs such an inspiration,
To move from the darkness of despair and desperation,
Onto to the embracing warmth of inner satisfaction.
After all, this is just a perpetual cycle,
Even in your dimming, may your spirit remain unsinkable,
Like the force of a tide, unstoppable!
Rise again, moving through this dark night,
Knowing that you have the will and the might.
Life is just a play, be like a feather and float light!
'Change' is something we experience at every next step of our lives. But in the course of experiencing change, what remains constant throughout our lives is, as a matter of fact, 'change' itself! Similarly with the things around us and the nature, with constant change in them, we realize how much more the arch of knowledge and the nexus to wisdom is yet farther from our reach!
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you continue to share your thoughts here, Suhasini.
ReplyDeleteEven as one acknowledges the change, in my experience, it brings us closer to perceiving reality as it is. That in itself is wisdom, isn't it?
Indeed, but headings steps closer to wisdom is something which makes us more sensitive to the happenings in and around us. Like you, I too am in the verge of experiencing changes and learning more from every action of mine and nature's upon me. :)
DeleteI wish you the best! :)
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