The Summer colours !

The day temperature yesterday at the mid day was 34 degree celsius. I wonder how these flowers still retain their vigour and vibrant look! They are resilient enough to survive different seasons! 

I read a commentary from a newspaper, that we are in a season of 'undeclared third world war' with further uncertainties awaiting us! The prolonged suffering, loss and deprivation we encountered from the time of the Israel-Palestine war, Russian-Ukraine war and now USA-Iran war affected the economic state of many countries causing stress beyond what some countries can bear! 

The call for restrain and cessation of war by Pope Leo was trivialised! When the leadership of nations do not entertain a moral voice, there is anxiety in the air!

To me, the invasion of other countries and war stall human progress and impair human wellness, the consequences of which affect health, economy, industry, education, development, and social harmony. This is the existential dimension of our life on earth. 

While walking in the garden yesterday and greeted by the flowers swaying in the breeze of the morning hour, I felt that there is a contemplative dimension to our being!

Each flower is an expression of fruitfulness that earth provides. Each bud tells the story of life that shall flourish. In the central bud of the jasmine bud cluster in the last photo above, there is a hole, created by an insect to feed on nectar in the tender bud! And yet, the bud is still looking healthy enough to flower! There is an unstoppable spontaneity to grow and flower in each of these plants! 

This is the order in nature-overcoming all adversity!

It was this contemplative message, Dr Martin Luther King junior announced, when he prophesied quoting the song 'We shall overcome...' !

"We shall overcome

We shall over come,

We shall overcome, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,

I do believe

We shall overcome, some day.

We'll walk hand in hand,

We'll walk hand in hand,

We'll walk hand in hand, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart, 

We shall live in peace,

We shall live in peace,

We shall live in peace, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,

We shall all be free.

We shall all be free,

We shall all be free, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,

We are not afraid,

We are not afraid

We are not afraid, TODAY.

Oh, deep in my heart, 

We shall overcome,

We shall overcome,

We shall overcome, see day.

Oh, deep in my heart,

I do believe, 

We shall overcome, some day!" (lyric taken from a site in the internet)

The summer is hot and humid. The plants and flowers are resilient! Till there is peace, freedom, and overcoming of the ordeals against wellness for all, the flowers and their colours in our garden, would remain in my heart  as symbols of hope for contemplative pursuit! Till then, my own prayer is that 'we shall not become weary by doing good'! 

M.C.Mathew( text and photo)