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Tuesday, October 04, 2022

62.In Memoriam… Flowers

 

In the time line of the existence of our Universe, the lives  of  human beings   on  planet  earth, is likely to be  only a tiny dot. In that  single  existence some  become  ‘emperors’  conquering  vast  territories   decimating  all those  who oppose  them physically, intellectually or materially. Some others   pile up wealth more than what one needs this life time  and some  after growing  up  to  a ripe old age, cease to exist! They would  all  have  in their  childhood  brought   joy to  own parents; in  ones  youth   made  a  sweetheart  miss a heartbeat and  in  ones old  age,   if  lucky  enough  to have caring  children, made them feel  proud of  having  an adoring parent. And finally  when  it’s  time to  take ones  last breath,  whether  consciously or by some misfortune through  a freak accident  wrung out of one’s  body…so long as one  brims with life, if  one  lives  spreading   joy for   a  few  people,  one should  consider one’s  life  fulfilling!

Why such  philosophical musings?...Well, I  adore  flowers  which  have a  miniscule  life span when compared to humans. They  don’t eliminate  other flowers nor  hoard honey and  fragrance  as  humans  pile up  wealth. And while they  exist  ...they spread infinite  joy to those  willing to  receive their  enthralling beauty,  sublime fragrance  or succulent honey…and at the end of a day  when a gentle breeze  knocks  them down, they  fall in silence and  in  a  day or  two merge with the soil.

This comparison with human beings have often made me wonder  why humans  don’t learn anything from flowers…There will be  tombstones  for  humans  big and small  but  nothing  for  a  flower  which gave everything  without  receiving…This prompted me to  capture  the  images  of  flowers  which  drew my attention  wherever I go,  with my mobile camera….I have been liberally uploading  them on Blog posts  as  a memoriam  for  their  gracious existence….

Would you like  to see  a  sample…Please view Edufruit  Blog

 http://edufruit.blogspot.com/?view=flipcard       which has a template that displays  over a hundred flowers  which I uploaded one at a time…As  you gaze….do   ask yourself : Am  I  spreading joy  too, like flowers?



1 comment:

Parvathy Mahendran said...

🥰🥰🥰