“It was morning, and the new sun sparkled Gold across the ripples of a gentle sea”, Richard Bach begins thus, his best selling piece, Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
Is the Sun appearing everyday old or new? Everyday when it appears on the horizon, like a super fine orange, it appears new, vibrant, and more radiant than what we have seen earlier. Is it really new? Does newness depend upon our vision/ perception? How can it be new, when it has been there for many many years! How old is it? No one can give precise answer. We can only produce some estimates about its age.
Are we old or new? We shall also say that like Sun, despite all ageing process, and wrinkles on face and so on, we are also new, vibrant and radiant. Nobody can dispute that we are growing old. And yet, we can become new, young, and sparkle like Gold, creating happiness and ripples of laughter around us. When Sea is also gentle, can’t we make our environment also gentle, co-operative, regardless of its inbuilt violence.
Living in beach town, I am less fortunate in not visiting the Seashore as frequently as one should attempt to do. If only I could internalize the habit of going for a morning walk and watch the rising Sun and walking beauty, the life would be healthier and happier. After all one needs fresh oxygen floating in the morning sky which will invigorate our body and spirit.
Is the Sun appearing everyday old or new? Everyday when it appears on the horizon, like a super fine orange, it appears new, vibrant, and more radiant than what we have seen earlier. Is it really new? Does newness depend upon our vision/ perception? How can it be new, when it has been there for many many years! How old is it? No one can give precise answer. We can only produce some estimates about its age.
Are we old or new? We shall also say that like Sun, despite all ageing process, and wrinkles on face and so on, we are also new, vibrant and radiant. Nobody can dispute that we are growing old. And yet, we can become new, young, and sparkle like Gold, creating happiness and ripples of laughter around us. When Sea is also gentle, can’t we make our environment also gentle, co-operative, regardless of its inbuilt violence.
Living in beach town, I am less fortunate in not visiting the Seashore as frequently as one should attempt to do. If only I could internalize the habit of going for a morning walk and watch the rising Sun and walking beauty, the life would be healthier and happier. After all one needs fresh oxygen floating in the morning sky which will invigorate our body and spirit.
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