Today at approximately 4:30 pm, I found myself sitting alone in front of Lulu's and Anna's front yard. Everyone had left the house, and my mom had not arrived yet to pick me up. During my twenty minute wait, I had nothing to do but observe my surroundings. While waiting, I realized how sweet and fresh the air smelled, and how often and loud birds chirp. I always hear these chirps, but I never pay attention to them or really listen to them. I found that it was rather soothing. I also noticed how the birds would fly in and out of a certain tree. It seemed like they were kind of playing around in a way, and it actually looked like a lot of fun. I even imagined myself being a bird in my after life, but then I remembered that they eat worms and the mother bird throws up the food from her stomach to feed it to her children so I changed my mind.
The birds were not the only thing I noticed. While sitting outside I saw quite a lot of old people walking alone on the quiet street, taking time to be alone with their thoughts, and just enjoying the beauty of nature. I always see this happen, it certainly was not the first time, but today while sitting and watching them, I understood why they do it so often. I imagined what it felt like to be in their shoes, to be of old age and know how short the amount of time you have left here on earth is. I thought to myself, perhaps when you are closer to the end, you realize what life is really all about, and just how beautiful nature and life really are. My twenty minute observation has taught me so much more then I expected. It truly opened my eyes to all the things that happen around me everyday and it is a shame that I had never even noticed.
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