RAINS - The one word which brings to mind freshness, greenery, climate becoming cool, much required for our crops to flourish and all other nice things associated.
Poets have contributed endless flowery verses to praise this great time of the year.
It’s the time romantics love and look forward to.
Within all this, here is me – I want to be honest here – I just can’t figure out what is so exciting about this season!!
Given a chance – I would prefer that it rains just on top of the fields and rivers – so that the purpose is served.
Now – doesn’t the thought itself sound so drab and dry? I know. Even while writing this – I thought – let me just chuck this whole idea. Seems the least appealing to be written or read about..
But, then, what the heck – let me just go on.
I’ve always wondered – few things like this – appeal to various people in varying degrees.
Me for one – in today’s times – gets bogged down with all the not so nice things the RAINS unleash - increasing traffic with jams everywhere; bad roads with potholes where you can actually drown (little bit of exaggeration here with an in vein attempt to make this interesting…); unending string of clothes at home which don’t dry; kids coming home with clothes covered in different shades of soil; the ordeal to carry along a stupid looking umbrella everywhere – you know how it is – the fancy looking, showy, foldable ones don’t really work – they are just that – for show! And the real big ones – they are good – but, hey – let’s be practical – can’t be carried along no!
Making one thing clear here – not talking of the endless real bad things that happen when the RAINS unleash their fury – Floods, people losing lives and property and all other such destructions brought about.
Am taking a slightly convenient and myopic view and limiting myself to a more controlled environment where I have conveniently kept out such adversities. So, let’s just talk about the normal rains and what follows.
By now, you’ve understood my opinion about RAINS. Now, coming to think of it – I look at my kids and they seem to be loving the season.
They go about with so much abandon – they actually love it.
Potholes - ?? What’s that? – They see little puddles where they can play.
Ditches - ?? What’s that? – They marvel at how small swimming pools get formed and enjoy the joke.
Long Travel in school bus due to jams - ?? That’s ok – who said that’s boring – more time to chat away with friends.
Rain outside and can’t go out to play - ?? That’s ok sometimes – they go bersek with video games, TV, art & craft and the like and in general making a mess of their room.
I know the abandon comes from the sense that they don’t need to actually think of making things work – like getting to a place in time, getting uniforms cleaned and dried etc. If we discount all this as well – I mean they are not supposed to be responsible for all that stuff – what amazes me is the sheer simplicity with which they look at things. And they just seem to enjoy in any and every circumstance.
Extrapolating this further and moving away from the RAINS stuff – it’s something really interesting.
Kids always manage to look at the bright side of anything and everything unless we elders kind of prejudice them with some pre-conceived stuff.
People who can carry such similar genuineness and abandon further on in their lives, I think, are the ones who look at the beauty and niceties of small things in life. They take time to stop by and appreciate.
And that breed is not extinct. It’s still there thankfully – just that I see the species diminishing and I being a part of the majority which are just running the race of life without taking a second to stop by and enjoy what’s happening around.
Talking of flowers and butterflies somehow has become extinct and sounds text-bookish.
Sounds like coming out straight from a Class V English book.
Why?
I think we all need to take a step back, just relax and start enjoying little things in life once again.
Blooming flowers – they can really brighten up your day! We don’t get to see many..maybe only at the Florists’. Hey, let go of that cynical thought popping in your mind about wasting money on something which will wilt away in a day. It’s worth it as it lasts.
Rain-drops falling on you cheeks – it’ll be refreshing! Don’t need to worry about that flu you may catch and the leaves that would get wasted. It’s ok – just enjoy those glistening pearls on your cheeks.
A silly stupid joke – it’s ok – you can laugh aloud! It’s absolutely fine sometimes to just give a silly, impulsive laugh. The humour need not be intellectually stimulating always!
And many more. To be frank, I’m straining myself to think what else can make to this list. See – that itself shows how far I have travelled from enjoying these sweet little things.
Let me make a resolution..(I know I know it’s not New Year’s time and that’s why I am more hopeful of living upto this resolution..!)
I’m going to make a conscious attempt to start taking things easy, to enjoy, to experience, to relax and to start re-living all the little joys.
But the RAINS – hmmm – how much I enjoy them will need to be seen :-)
