(This post is a part of A-Z April Blogging Challenge, my theme is Mother Nature.)
Whenever you meet someone, they ask you the most obvious
question, ‘How was your day?’ and the replies varies – it was a joyful day; it
was eventful day; traumatic day; busy day; a lazy day; an exciting day; a
sunny/windy/cloudy day. Your answer could vary from a variety of responses; it
could be one from above or something entirely different. Whatever your answer
is, the day is constant - a day denotes a time-frame, it sets a stage for
various events to take place yet it never gets involved in the act. There is
stipulated number of hours under the sunshine that is considered to make a day
but many a times, apart from the time we sleep, we call it a day.
It made me wonder, each time we use some attributes or
adjectives to describe a day, it is nonchalant about what goes through it.
Whatever happens, it does not get involved into the happenings; a silent
spectator, doing its duty of upholding an arena for events to unfurl. It
reminds me of Lord Krishna’s teaching from Bhagavad Gita, he said, ‘Do your
duty and do not expect anything in return’. A day, silently emphasis the need
for detached attachment, a healthy living, because it makes life easier. We get
involved in many things, with too many persons, anything and everything, in the
process feel joy but also get hurt eventually. We lose track of reality that
people change, situations change, not everything can go as planned.
(A poem)
“Attachment glorifies
penuries of heart;
Crave for a
companion, not for shudder
But for care;
Adaptability helps
survival, yet
Assertiveness helps
equally;
For the heart,
recoups from folly,
Freed from a
prison of bonding –
The soul progressed“
In short – a day teaches us that being nonchalant to the
environment around can do us a great good; a tough call but eventually
beneficial.
That’s for D.
To see the previous letter click on C