I am living in a world of wonders . Among which human nature is most complicated.
How do i know?
Well because unfortunately or fortunately i am a human.
Now days spring is smiling fully in my small garden with all it's colors and fragrance .
Two pairs of different birds have built their nest in my garden.
I am witness of the whole long hard work behind this process of nest building .
When i see them each year doing same job with same enthusiasm and motivation , only one thought came into my mind.
" LIFE IS SIMPLY SO BEAUTIFUL"
They build nest ,give eggs ,hatch them and when their newly born babies get little bigger and be able to fly they leave silently , happily !
As humans we think we are more smart than these species who live their lives by SIMPLE BASIC RULES.
I wish it could be true .
We are gathering more and more knowledge everyday .
Inventing advanced technologies to make our life comfortable.
Reaching to the sky and landing on other planets .
Books are the reflections of different minds and souls !
We are absorbing these reflections to better ourselves .
But the question is this that
"IS THIS ALL MAKING US BETTER HUMAN BEING"???
Or
We are being addicted to be COMPLICATED only ???
Haven't we buried our all simple basic joys of living
under the pile of KNOWLEDGE???
Isn't it true that the MORE KNOWING is making us SHALLOW?
We think that living by simple rules will present us cheap and worth of less value .
We care less or even don't what WE think or want but what OTHERS think about us.
This way of thinking force us to pretend what we are actually not.
Our egos grow larger than life itself.
Our relationships become just formality and our gatherings only source of show off.
We always try to find people of our own kind to feel safe and secure.
So we divide ourselves in groups .
In such group gatherings we gossip about other groups .
We highlight ONLY their faults and MISTAKES to feel better than them .
Meanwhile doing so , though we already know that others are saying SAME about us .
But we love to indulge in self made pride and prejudice.
We like to be lost in labyrinth of false and timely pleasure .
Instead of seeking the everlasting joy and peace for the whole specie of human . We choose to be hard and beyond understanding .
The more we KNOW the more we LOST! (HOW BAD)
Our inner world has more stuff than we have around our physical visibility.
We spend our most of time decorating the world outside of us.
Same attention and care is needed to make our inner world ORGANIZED and BEAUTIFUL !
Because we need to understand that REAL PEACE OF MIND DOES NOT COME FROM OUTSIDE!
IT PURELY BELONGS TO OUR INNER WORLD!
The more is our inner world is organized and embellished with honest, simple and enlightened thoughts the more we will be at peace and harmony with each other !
Precious friends i truly know that my language to convey such thoughts is not enough rich but i can;t wait until it will as life has no guarantee or assurance.
So i try to write just to feel FREE and RELATED to all of you !
Now time to share some pleasurable selfies sent by my dear eldest son who just like me
make relationships to everyone on the base of humanity instead of any religious or other kind of group !
Day before yesterday when i asked him for selfies he was about to leave from his office ,at the moment he took this selfie which reveals the sweet and kind personality of his boss (standing behind him with friendly smile and really nice gesture )
Same day , sitting with friend in open restaurant after office ,they both were together in Fast university karachi !
my son says he never saw such helpful and sweet guy like this friend who is always nice to all around him!
This thought that he thinks for my concerns for him and care so much gives my eyes tears of gratitude often
This is the little nest of so tiny pair of black birds ,male upper body gives blue shine in dark black though female has light greyish .
They don't feel hesitate as we take our morning tea
near them close to the garden .
Nest of little bird is under the climber
from far i took this pic when she was getting in the nest
above you can see the back side of bird while hatching their eggs ,their nest is not as finely built just simple one .
each year they use our climber for their nesting which is huge pleasure for me :)
This year not plenty of sunflowers but glad that they are here at least!
Okay beautiful souls time to go in kitchen and finalize my lunch . Only one hour to my youngest to come back from school .
Younger one is at home until his collage starts in September hopefully!
Please take great care ,stay positive against all odds ,you are truly fighters just give try to your selves !
and all obstacles are gone believe me!
God Bless You All!!!
Thank you for another wonderful, thought-provoking post, dearest Baili.
ReplyDeleteI must come back later to read your text with more attention, but the first thing that came to my mind is that because we humans are so different from each other, more knowledge will make some people better than they were before and some people worse.
I just came to thank you for your lovely comment... and to ask you that didn't you notice the aeroplane shown in my post? :D
See you soon again. Blessings and hugs!
Gostei de ver as fotografias, um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
ReplyDeleteAndarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
such a beautiful post, you write beautifully and such interesting subjects,,I would love to watch the birds too! your sons selfies are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteInterresting what you wrote,I will think about it ...
ReplyDeleteWhat an epic post! I like one key question. are we addicted to knowledge? Are we blocking out social relationships? I also think we have other addictions other than substances in modern technology.
ReplyDeletei agree Red !
Deletethat modern way of thinking is taking away the basic simple and innocent way of life .
our thoughts and behaviours are becoming more and more complicated unnecessarily .
i witnessed people with heavy knowledge who think they are out of the normal world now
they like to complicate easy living just to show how much they know about everything ,
i agree with Sara also that more knowing develop us as we are already god gets better and bad gets worst
One of my favourite memories as a little girl was my Mom showing me a robin's nest in our lilac hedge with beautiful little blue eggs in it.
ReplyDeleteYou so eloquently give us a great many truths. I agree that each person should be known by their merits not by the way they look or the area they come from. I do like a lot of the advancements humans have made. For instance without computers I would not have been able to know you and that is a gift to me.
ReplyDeleteLiving a simple life is often the easiest way to happiness, I agree. I enjoyed your son's photos and the pictures of the bird's nest.
ReplyDeleteYou are wise and share the best way to be! Thank YOU
ReplyDeleteThank you Baili for your good wishes. we are happy if we see our children well.
ReplyDeleteThe smile of your son is very nice. Spring also arrived here, we had a very cold winter.
Te deseo un buen jueves.
Besos
Cute selfies and lovely spring photos!
ReplyDeleteI get so much when i read your posts and i really enjoy the photos of your great son - he looks so nice and sounds great. Keep expressing yourself - it becomes you so much and what a mirror you hold up for others to see that wisdom in you.
ReplyDeleteYou have raised wonderful human beings by your great example. I am pretty much a recluse because I will not join in to the gossip or hate mongering and devisive nature of most of the people around me. I know there are good people out there but I'm tired of looking! LOL! I just stay to myself with my 2 dogs and 2 cats and go online to find wonderful friends like you! Hugs ~ Sam
ReplyDeleteDo you believe I never took a selfie??
ReplyDeleteDoesn't make sense to me.
Have a great weekend.
Would you believe Pedro that my SON HATS TAKING SELFIES EITHER
DeleteBUT WHAT MAKE SENSE TO ME IS HIS LOVE FOR ME AS HE DO SO FOR ONLY SAKE OF MY PLEASURE :)
What you have written is so very true.
ReplyDeleteLike your photos.
All the knowledge in the world means nothing if we don't have love. I'm so glad your son is kind and has kind friends. We need more of that in the world!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures Baili.
ReplyDeleteI tend to be mostly positive about knowledge and technology. When I look at the world and at history I do not think that people are less happy or more cruel now that we have more technology then science. In fact, I think that an argument can be made that there is less suffering in the world because we have more science and technology.
Of course there are downsides. There are negative effects to all this. Of course, technology and science alone will not make us happier.
Have a great week!
Thank you Brain!
Deleteactually while writing this post the thought was in my mind about the people with high level of intellectuality ,i found many of them LOST in their ocean of KNOWING and they find easy ways of living like simple conversations and understanding behaviours and easiness in relationships worthless
they tend to make daily life COMPLICATED just to show off their level of intellect which i condemned because
knowledge must bring pleasure and simplicity in life rather than complications
Such lovely Spring photographs, lovely colour.
ReplyDeleteNice to see the selfies too.
My good wishes.
All the best Jan
Hi Baili :) Great post today. I relate to what you're saying on so many levels. The quest for knowledge has made the world a selfish, pompous place. Evolution isn't about rushing to know everything and anything. I am doing the opposite, seeking a more simple life, letting the media and the modern world go...just enjoying simplicity, like your birds building their nests. Beautiful photos by the way. :)
ReplyDeleteYour post is wonderful, writes very well on interesting subjects.
ReplyDeleteYour son's fantastic self
Wishes for a happy weekend
Kiss
Hi Baili! Such pretty sunflowers. They are my favourites! I hope to plant some this year in my garden. If spring ever gets here!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like your son is having a wonderful experience. It is good for our kids to be away from home to learn and grow and become independent. Your son looks very happy, although I'm sure he misses all of you!
Have a beautiful weekend, dear friend xo
wise words!
ReplyDeleteDearest Baili...I just adore your beautiful sunflowers!
ReplyDeleteI haven't grown any in my garden for some years now, but after seeing yours, I am inspired...will definitely be planting some!:)
It is so good to see how much your son is enjoying himself...although I am sure he misses you a lot.
Yes, I do agree with you. People do indeed complicate life too much. I think we all need to slow down sometimes and rediscover a slower, more simple way of living.
I often find myself getting stressed, and so I take time out to just sit and observe. It doesn't matter what it is I observe, I just forget about "me" and absorb myself into perhaps a tree or a flower.
I find that so relaxing, and it helps me get things into perspective!
Thank you so much for another fabulous post.
It is always such a pleasure to visit.:))
Have a Wonderful Weekend, my dear Friend!
Big Hugs xoxoxo
Thank you dear Ygraine!
Deletei agree this is mother NATURE's lap where we can find peace atre exhaustions of our mad and ridiculous ways of living
Such nice selfies from your son. It looks like he does indeed has a great boss!! That is wonderful!! Sending you hugs!
ReplyDeleteThank you my friend, for such a beautiful post! I agree with everything you have said!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the wonderful pictures as well! I love seeing your son and his friends and I love seeing your beautiful garden, especially the nests! Big Hugs!
Dear baili, your language is more than rich enough to convey your thoughts! You have a more varied vocabulary than many whose mother tongue is English :)
ReplyDeleteI love simple pleasures as well. I also enjoy learning, but not to complicate life, simply for the sake of learning.
What wonderful photos of the bird nests, and how lovely that the birds do not mind you being near! And I am so glad that your son considers your feelings so well. His good nature and kindness must warm your heart :)
Every time I read one of your posts like this one, Baili, it makes me think about whether I have become too involved with technology at times. So I have taken measures recently to step back and rethink some things. For me staying in contact with others by phone calls and written correspondence is better than online correspondence because it is more personal even if slower. It makes sense to slow down and look at the world around especially nature. I do miss being able to see the birds and flowers we had when we owned a home, so thank you for sharing yours. Also thanks for sharing your son’s photos.
ReplyDeleteHi, Baili! I'm eating a date right now. Your picture of the date orchard made me hungry for one. Your son looks so happy, and now your middle son is about to go to university! How exciting! I love the pictures of your garden and birds. I'm always amazed at how birds bring their families up in such fragile places, especially when I contrast them with we humans. We think we need so much, but we really don't. I enjoyed hearing your wise thoughts in this post so much.
ReplyDeleteI love the birds nests :-) We have at least a couple in our garden at the moment :-)
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