Monday, June 13, 2011

As we walk.....

Imagine 7 billion faces and not one 100 % identical to another....how creative could nature be....? If someone were to ask me to come up with 3 different solutions to a problem...i might bang my head against the wall by the time i get to the 3rd one...but nature has so many ways that we fail to recognize....probably because we are SO ABSORBED on our own path , that we do not see whatever that appears along the way...if only we look out of the box.... we should be getting endless amount of inspiration to create a better life not just for ourselves but for others too..

As you walk..just look around....and watch how life is going by....in a hundred different ways within a range of a few hundred metres ...how would you feel when you are passing by in your car thinking of where to have tea this evening listening to some lovely music on the radio and thankful for the air cond that's keeping you cool despite the blazing sun outside.....and as you slow down at a traffic light along the road....you drive pass a bus stop and you see a fragile old women holding on to some plastic bags and sitting down crying? And before you could even think... the car at the back honks at you to drive on as the traffic light has turned green...so you drive on....and start thinking about where to have tea again....and finally you stop at your favourite kopitiam to have some snacks and drink....have a good chat with your hubby....and then head home...and that night as you go to bed ...pulling the blanket over.....getting cozy and just before you doze off...the fragile old lady appears ...tears trickling down her cheek....with a face that has seen too much pain....how could you even sleep ? Doesn't it make you wonder .....? What could have been the choices made that brought the old lady to a path which lead to a lonely bus stop with a 1000 cars buzzing by every hour and yet NONE to care ?

So....that was just ONE story i observed as i passed by.....there are hundreds and thousands of it....some of it are there...for us to learn from...some comes as tests .... some as warnings..... some as reminders.... some as inspirations... some as lessons....they are not always in the form of people....it could be ANYTHING else....even a rock !

they are all there...! the whole world is an institution for us to learn from... problem is we do not concentrate.... So next time you are passing by .... just look away and SEE whats around.... you will be amazed ! :)

Anyway the picture above was taken by my brother during a family outing recently....and i found it interesting that....all three of them ( Bro in law....brother and cousin ) in it are facing a different side of the same path....and it was a candid shot...i guess thats how life is...we are all heading towards the same thing....only in different ways .....so we see different things....we experience different situations...but we all get there in the end .....:):)


2 comments:

  1. I look around, many things always makes me wonder. I feel sad for some people, I feel happy for some and for some, they make me jealous, heheh. I agree with your points, some people appears in our life and its for our own development and our surrounding itself can give us lesson. I try to make the best use of that if I ever felt bored in such busy city. We are living through different routines, different lifestyle, different path but true indeed, we are heading towards the same thing.

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  2. Hi K7...

    "TO SEE THE WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND, AND TO SEE HEAVEN IN A WILD FLOWER, HOLD INFINITY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS, AND ETERNITY IN AN HOUR" - Quote by William Blake

    ..the trick is not to be disturbed by anything we see, no anger, no joy nor sadness. We are just to OBSERVE what "IS" , for everything is ALWAYS in the RIGHT order :)

    So...the more we "SEE" the more we learn...the more we learn...the more there is to discover :)Great day to you !:)

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