During a visit to an institution, I took a walk in the garden around the entrance to the large campus. What I noticed was the well tended garden spaces in between the buildings. That gave a decorative and aesthetic look.
Some open spaces remained wild as below or can turned into eco friendly spaces, both of which have a purpose of its own.
It is the blend of tended garden and wild overgrowth that create a nature friendly approach to life in nature. The garden space with plants and trees tended to, provide an appearance of the richness and diversity in nature.
The wild overgrowth is a space which allows nature's rhythm of life for plants and trees. That overgrowth of the landscape protects soil from erosion and allows reptiles to have their homes in the hidden cover.
It occurred to me during this walk, that the canvas of life for most of us is a blend of such a planned and organised way of living and events and experiences which occur naturally bringing surprises or interruptions.
Even for a person, with adversities crowding his or her life, life is still a stream, which can absorb the shocks and pains for us to emerge with hope and purpose.
I felt challenged at the end of the walk to protect myself from a tendency to be only absorbed by the enticing experiences of life, but stay open to look for the defining effects of difficult or straining events in life.
The earth offers life for all plants and trees.
I wonder if it was a message to me to view all experiences in life for them to be sometimes colourful and some other times to be a passage through testing times!
How refreshing it is to be able to look at life, living and learning as a rainbow experience!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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