The struggle for a greener tomorrow….

Love for Mother Nature coupled with interest for her green untouched beauty was never enough for our instigation. Did we never want nature to remain that way or is it because we never believed that a clean environment is a basic need, a basic right for our children?
Recently I came across this beautiful catch line which says:

Could you imagine the price of air if it were brought to you by any other supplier?
(A question asked by God to human beings)

Needless to give an exact figure, but it’s quite obvious that the whole of world’s economy will not be able to pay for the air we breathe, if it was to be artificially created. We have always shamelessly accepted things from nature as a free good and failed to consider environment as a leased accommodation from our children. We have selfishly demoralized ourselves by defining useful resources as “waste”, when it fails to meet our self interests.
There are only very few countries who seriously consider the environmental impact of their growth plans. Environmental concerns are still considered to be trivial and economic growth and stability is being given priorities by policy makers, maybe more so in developing countries. The whole world has been successfully playing a blame game, the west blaming the east and the east blaming the west!

But according to me, the biggest barrier faced by humankind in their struggle for a green tomorrow is attitudinal; our brains have been wedged to predilections and requests beyond the supply capabilities of earth. Now at this 11th hour we have no options other than to rethink on our priorities and change our attitudes. There is no point in minting money, building beautiful homes and buying wonderful cars for our children when their basic needs of survival are at stake.

Let us consider this as the time and empower ourselves to make this industrial world more environment conscious and a cleaner place to live in.

The impossible is often the Untried………

God’s creations are amazing! Even though we get to learn from these creatures, we often consider these small ones to be ham-fisted ….. The snail for example (shown in the above picture) is a creature we often come across glued to the side walls or crawling on our footpaths. We usually make an expression of seeing something ugly or awkward and sometimes act really cruel in crushing them under our feet.. The above picture shows how this creature inferior to human eyes has proved to be a wonderful example of courage and determination..It could have very well taken an easier route of crossing the wooden planks through the connecting bridge…probably lack of intelligence made the snail being courageous but its determination is still to be praised….

A corrupted mind…..

What in life makes me so confused, diffident and delicate when I have realized that complete satisfaction is nothing but complete renunciation?
But still I am driven by my desire, the desire for success, recognition and respect.
Beings which belong to the one, when covered in seductive stuff fail my thinking and captivate my mind. Why I am still fearing for all those NO’s in life when I know that the ultimate YES is only one. The more I fulfill my needs, the deeper I dig in quest of my other needs. I regret for loosing my innocence which protected me from my urge for contentment. I envy all those uncorrupted minds but at the same time fear for their enthrallment towards knowledge.

Children…the heart ticklers!!

Just peep into those beautiful eyes and I bet you will find wisdom. These beautiful minds are the holders of innocence and not ignorance. I tell you, they are the smile makers, the ones in close proximity to the ultimate. They contain the truth, the unblemished intellect and a thinking not rapt by preferences but by happiness. Don’t their smiles captivate you? Dont they have the magic to turn your violence to peace, evil to good, sadness to happiness? Hey discontented souls, I tell you to surrender in front of their evocative smiles and seek satisfaction, enormous hope and confidence to keep going. They can transform your lives, give meaning to the inexplicable and light up your souls.