Few days back, I spent some time gazing at a tree.
- This tree was the only tree hanging from edge of a cliff.
- The leaves and branches were falling, and will never know what the tree faced or will have to face.
- This tree was facing difficulties of gusty wind and ocean waves all alone.
- This tree was even cherishing the adventure of facing nature all alone.
I went all the way back to see if tree is still there. It was, and hopefully still is.
I wondered, am I alone like the tree?
Today, I look at another tree, from my window. It’s leaves, flowers, branches are all visible now. They will never understand how exactly their tree grew, and what difficulties their tree had to face in past.
Similarly,
- How many of us know the struggles people faced a few centuries back ?
- How many of us even tried to understand how struggling the lives of humans can be?
- How often have we appreciated the freedom we have now?
If you feel you do, then please ask yourself again.
Because when you actually feel and then see things around us, you feel restless, agitated, disappointed and anti humanity.
Speech
All we need to do is read a history book to realize how difficult it was to speak out and express opinions.
Come to 2021, the boundaries of speech don’t exist anymore. We are, now saying “anything, and everything”
- Being blunt and straightforward doesn’t give us a right to be rude.
- Being a famous personality doesn’t give us a right to insult.
- Being a leader or a coward doesn’t give us a right to be silent.
I wish the only right this freedom of speech gave us, was to speak truth.
I remember how fascinating it used to feel when school books referred to Universal truths and the journeys we took to get there.
Unfortunately, people don’t need books anymore.
Every person has his/her own personal truths
Every branch has its own version of the tree..
Thank you, Social Media.
Environment
A human talking about environment and trees.
— Irony.
It was thousands of years back, humans were just starting to learn have a certain lifestyle. Along with our lifestyle, we have learnt two additional things too—ignorance and greed.
Today, every activity in our daily lives involve irreversible deterioration of environment, and other species including our own specie.
But, who cares, right?
How egotistical are we becoming, that despite being extremely privileged, we are conveniently ignorant towards others’ sufferings, pain and even extinction.
When branches of tree start considering themselves the roots, the whole tree falls.
Thank you, Money.
Democracy
By a long margin, the most sacred thing we ever took for granted, is our Democracy and our right to vote.
We have taken our ability to vote and choose representatives for granted.
We don’t even know why are we voting for someone. Mostly, we are voting either because of extreme feelings of hatred for the other side or love for their side.
Also, we don’t know what dreadful consequences voting for someone might have.
Sadly we have completely stopped talking about the sole functioning part of our society.
- Are gossips about TV Series and movies more important?
- Are gossips about other people more important?
- Is there anything more important to gossip than talk about facts, problems and society?
When branches on one side of tree overgrows, the whole tree loses its balance.
Thank you, everyone.
So, what next?
I realize how delicate all things are — from our feelings, our lives to our freedoms and our planet.
I realize all things around us are not on the edge of a cliff, but are delicately balanced on tip of a thorn.
I realize how our small mistakes of ignorance and taking things of granted lead to catastrophe.
- As others tell me, am I really the sad negative person feeling things?
- In a world of 7 billion people, why do I feel so lonely with these thoughts?
- Why can’t everyone feel these small things around?
- Why can’t everyone start talking about these things?
- How can people have celebrations and fun amidst all this?
And, like those temporary leaves and branches of the tree which I still see from my window, my answer to all these questions, especially “What next?” remains the same.
I don’t know.
I wish I knew.
But I really don’t know…
