Tranquility

Tuesday was a beautiful and eventful day. Today is, too, but the difference is that today I'm going to be indoors all day. So there's nothing to tell you about today yet, except that there is a beautiful sunrise from the left horizon.

Yesterday was beautiful because, once again I went out on a walk, this time a long one.

It was in the evening around 5 pm, and I felt so bored at home, that I lost the energy to have fun with my gadgets like I always do. It was a clear sign I needed my mental and emotional medicine. So I stepped out of my home on a long walk to the Greenfield.

Greenfield is a naturally conserved field for relaxation in my town. People who love nature, and prefer it to eatery and hotels make this place their comfort zone.

While I was here my friend called and after knowing where I was decided to join me. We had a lot of things to talk about since we haven't met for some weeks now. And this calm and beautiful place was just the right place for us.

My phone's battery was running down. I couldn't take pictures throughout the walk. I only managed to take photos at the beginning of this walk. And there were so many things to take pictures of that I somehow became overwhelmed by what was significant and what was not. But everything is beautiful in its way, my friend reminded me of that.
“Have you read the little beautiful tree?” she asked me. It is a nursery tale, and since I haven't read it she went on to tell me about it. It's a story of how everyone who visited this certain forest paid attention to the big and mighty tree and ignored the small tree because it wasn't as mighty as the big one. But it was beautiful, unique, and with edible fruits. The small tree lamented and felt bad, and wished it was as tall as the mighty tree.

I felt touched by this story and felt bad for almost doing what the people did to the small tree. We walked towards this tree you see in the picture, touched it, and appreciated its awesomeness. It's beautiful, right?

Greenfield is a big place, we only walked a quarter of it before our bones started complaining. The mind was willing but the body wasn't.

We had to sit in one place and discuss the coming semester. We agreed to study more, interact with people, and attend our departmental dinner night.

The breeze here was cold, calm, and refreshing. Very different from the breeze in town which is very hot and enervating.
I love natural tranquility, and that is what I got from this walk. I was happy, fulfilled, and refreshed. I couldn't think of anything but peace.

There are so many things to appreciate about life. The air we breathe, the fine water we drink, and our senses. The ability to think, and the ability to understand the things we see. The fact that we're still alive, surrounded by the love of those around us, is all part of the beautiful tapestry of life.
There are so many free things, the trees, birds, sun, moon and stars. They make our space colorful and contribute to our energy.

Here, my friend told me about a girl who came to make videos and take photos of herself. “This was where she took the pics,” she said.
She then told me that the girl died few days after coming here and those pics were used to wish her RIP on Facebook.
Life is too short. And somehow, it's an opportunity to see the morning and the night of every day. So we live to learn from the past, enjoy the present, and hope for the future.

We crossed to the other side of the road to take a picture of this flower. It was too beautiful to be ignored:)
We were very tired by the time we got home, we showered, had lunch and I bid my friend goodbye.

If you have read to this point, you are my friend and I care about you. Thank you so much for taking this walk with me, I hope you enjoyed it.

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*For Wednesday walk challenge by @tattoodjay