I think, I feel, I care

On the same 7 hour trip I had mentioned in the previous post, I had spent over an hour watching the setting sun actually set behind the curtain of clouds.

I neednt say it was beautiful and captivating.

The curtain of clouds I have to say added to the beauty. In reality, I had mistaken the vast expanse of clouds to be a lake with the reflection of the sunset. Truly I had been decieved by nature. It was only when I recollected that there were no lakes this route did I realise my folly.Nature humbling us to think that the nature many of us have taken for granted can outsmart you in less than a minute.

A cloud, its so fickle. It doesnt exist in solid form yet from a distance, we believe it does.Nature asking- how many times do we,people do that with other things in our life?

The clouds divided the sunset into 2 bits. From above the clouds there was light- bright and yellow (not golden)From below there was darker light a sort of crimson red expanding. Nature reminding us of two sides of a coin perhaps? Everything has its positives and negatives, its dark side and the lighter side.

The gaps in the clouds giving a sneak peek into the light sky reminded me of the world beyond. I dont know if I believe in the concept but it definitely struck me. Im always surprised as to how small we humans would look if the clouds could see. We make such a small part of Earth and yet make so much noise about it?

Another thing which struck me was how close the sun and the clouds seemed. The sun which symbolises heat and light and the clouds which represent coolness and shade were there complimenting each other. Why cant we humans manage to co-exist with people who seem so different from ourselves?

Apart from that those thoughts, I spent more than half an hour doing one of my favourite childhood pass times of making people and objects out of clouds and telling myself a story with the people and objects I found in the sky. Much fun it was and i cant wait to do it again!

PS- Im not sure if these thoughts were a result of some philosophical side of me which im yet to acknowledge or out of boredom! Whatever the case, the thoughts made sense and proved to occupy quite a lot of my time

A week ago I went on a 7hour bus ride and simply wasn't in the mood to read and resorted to staring out the window.

There were some images i saw which made me think. A lot.

One such image was that of 2 trees, less than 500m apart in physical distance but different in every way. Tree1 was barren, standing alone without a bush for company,high against the setting sun. There was some kind of melancholy to it yet it looked beautiful and light. Tree2 was lush; filled with green leaves, with little fat bushes gathered at its base. It looked happy but heavy.

What struck me about the image was how close the two trees were but so very different. I couldnt quite reason how thats possible except for that maybe they were 2 different species of trees. The close distance rules out any chances of soil change or heat or water recieved.

I dont know why but the sight made me relate to the 2 trees as people.Tree1 i looked as a person without a family or many friends but a fantastic career.Tree2 I saw it as a person with a big family,plenty of friends but a halted career.I guess my brain had related the tree's leaves as family which undeniably give a person their happiness, the bushes as friends which stand by our side all along making life seem fuller,the height of the tree as the graph of the person's career and the aura around it (light/heavy) as the responsibilities the package brought with it.

At first glance,I wasnt able to decide which of the 2 trees I liked better. I really couldnt. I loved the fullness of Tree2 but adored the height of Tree1. Undeniably Tree1 had me in awe. It struck me as strong but weathered. The height was fascinating but as i looked at the tip of the tree longer, I couldnt help feeling as though the tip was lost and disconnected.Tree2 brought a smile to my face. Its fullness, its usefulness(a lot of shade it could provide), its freshness. There was almost a sense of comfort i could associate with the tree.What haunted me was the relatively stilted height.

When I connected all my thoughts to my relating the trees to persons, I confess I had a pretty deep, even if confused, insight to myself.

The logic seemed to me to be acceptable worldwide with a few exceptions.
Tree1Persons with family and friends(provided they are all happy) are happier, fresh but loaded with responsibility. Also, a person loving their family would invariably divide their time between family and career and would despite their best efforts fall short in either of the 2 areas.
Tree2Persons living alone with neither family nor friends are bound to feel lonely at some time or the other which brought with it the look of melancholy. However with no other interest,its possible that the career graph takes an upturn which brings the person the beauty and admiration.

After much thought and consideration I decided I'd any day be like Tree1 which had both

Which one would you be?