Lay back and watch the sky

My colleague was speaking today of his trip recently to many locations in 5 days. He said it was hectic and they were really scared of what effect such a whirlwind trip would have on their less than a year old son. But as it turned out, his son enjoyed the trip more than anything for the uncrowded places and good weather wherever they went. The elders, on the other hand, will need a couple of days to recuperate.

But thats not what caught my attention the most. It was the incident where his son just lay on his back on a garden and watched the sky for almost half an hour that made me think hard. Gosh, I had to look up immediately and check out if the sky were still there. It has been so long that I have even seen the sky properly. I have just been taking it for granted, its there and it will always be there. Unlike the Gauls, who feared that one day soon the sky will fall on them, we are way to scientifically advanced to believe in such BS... Right? Yes, and No. We might be knowing the facts of life, but we are not making use of it to enjoy life more, are we? I don't know if I will even remember to see the sky the day after tomorrow, but at least I am thankful that I still wonder once in a while and check out on the sky.

When was the last time you lay back, relaxed and just stared at the sky? I am sure, not in a long time. And why am I making such a big issue of such a rudimentary task? Well, the sky signifies all that is great in life, all that makes life worth living. And we, in the hurry of earning money and working and reaching office just take the nicer things for granted. Should we not sit out at least once in a while and enjoy the world that we would spend all our lives in, rather than run hard and at the end of the race, realise that we ran well, but never enjoyed the running, the track, the audience. Run, 'coz I have no other way to offer, but remember that the race is the joy of running, not the victory alone.

Sit back, relax, let the politicians and the corrupt and the hyppocrites take a long walk out of your minds. Just close your eyes, allow the darkness to fall over your closed eyelids and then open them to see the sky. You can't imagine the beauty you can see in those stray clouds hovering over the rich blue all encompassing skies, the lovely imaginations the cloudy day can fire in you. Words are meant to describe these sort of things in my view, not to write legal contracts and sensational news items and such things that just make us more tunnel visioned and ready to rush right through the tunnel and reach death when we least expect it. We are not in that tunnel that we think we are. The tunnel is our vision being corrupt (rather refined) by the so called pressures of life. STOP, and take a look around. There's more music in here than any hit album, more color than any famous painting, more special effects than any hollywood sci-fi, and yet, we need a closed room covered in darkness and a single screen projecting entertaining images to relax?

I am happy that I saw the sky today. Maybe I won't again for a long time. But I am happy I did today.

Chill out dudes... Kick up your feet and try hard to be basic...

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