Love is deep inner strength, faith, and appreciation.
True, Altruistic, Selfless love is rare and sets you free, contrary to the darker side of destruction, anger, pain, lust, and jealousy seen in movies, social media, and our mundane lives now.
Is love confined to only romantic relationships? How often do we seek love and beauty in humanity, family, nature, or an art form?
Purpose in life
An Indian woman was depressed as she was unable to bear children.
Drowned in sadness, she attempted suicide; however, survived.
This incident shook her world and made her realize that there must be a purpose behind her survival.
Mother Nature is our best healer. She started enjoying her long-forgotten passion for gardening, by raising trees like beautiful children.
To date, this 109-year-old woman has planted over 300 trees, covering acres of land, and still counting.
Jealousy and Possessiveness
Attachment leads to suffering and expectations lead to disappointments. Can we be totally detached and still be human? Wishes and desires hinder spiritual advancement; however, it's important to gain a balance between the spiritual and materialistic world. The phrases, should’ve, must, could’ve are deceptive, reflecting compulsion, regrets, resentments rather than the true essence of our spirits and universal guidance. Knowledge, wisdom is gained by making mistakes and learning the lessons; taking the blessings with us. It will be given to you at the right time, so the concept of 'hind sight' is diminished. Present moment lessons, blessings and, optimism for a better future is all we have.
The birds have a beautiful connection with the trees upon which they build nests. It is adorable to watch the hungry birds carrying grains in their tiny beaks, flying miles to feed their young ones.
What a heart-melting depiction of selfless nursing love!
We, humans, are like birds; however, caged in the walls of religion, race, limited beliefs, anger, jealousy. We, humans, become jealous and possessive towards our loved ones, fear of losing them to someone else makes us control or seek attention. We clench upon and suffocate them with obsession.
In contrast to the baby birds pushed out of their nests to fly; as parents sometimes, we overprotect our children trying to fit them in our molds.
Challenges change people
With changing times, challenges change too as rightly stated in the Hindu Holy Bible. How can we prepare our young ones to face the world in the same frame? With love in our hearts, create a space to fly, bloom like a flower rather than tie them up with obsession and fear of falling and our insecurities.
Our job as parents is to teach them the joy of bouncing back from failures and taking their first step towards success, enjoying, and accepting the beautiful journeys along with challenges.
In my opinion, love is God’s gift for all of us. So, feel it from within in your darkest moments and spread the joy of being around. Love is light and makes me spread my wings and fly.
It does sound like a fantasy world as in reality, we neither have wings nor can fly. But if we look at the world from the eyes of an innocent child, it is pure, serene, peaceful…full of joy and happiness. It certainly might help us see through the veils of false perception and rigid beliefs, expectations, labels about ourselves and others.
Covid-19, the teacher
With a pandemic like Covid-19, Nature has forced us to take a break and peep into our material world that we seek happiness. We wear false masks to fit in.
Nature is the best teacher if you allow it to be. Ask yourself only one question. What would mother nature do? Bring a balance in ‘being’ and ‘doing.’ Drop by at a loved one’s place and do some good deeds as each good deed sets you free, and each kind word makes you strong.
A shocking reminder to all of us to enjoy and cherish life’s little moments and the beautiful spirits of people around us amidst the rocky terrain.
Disclaimer: The above article is an authentic expression of the author and hence should not be considered as specific or individual advice of social, medical, or legal nature.
Author: Pranoti Gupta
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