THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

 

Everyone in our world likes to enjoy the beauty of Nature. Although we live in small and big houses either in a rural area or an urban city, we do have some knowledge about the Nature around us. When we go for a walk or travel from one place to another we come across many marvels of nature. Only some people will see those marvels and enjoy and talk about them or note them down in their diaries. All the others just see and skip over. They don’t think deep into those marvels. That depends on the mindset of individuals. I too travelled a lot in Europe, the USA, Japan, Australia and other South-East Asian countries and enjoyed many natural beauties. When I think about them and see those old photographs today, I feel that there is enough for everyone in our world to see and enjoy.

One of the most important things I enjoyed was the white and grey clouds spreading in the blue sky. The slow movement of those clouds from north to south or east to west and vice versa was watched and enjoyed. I used to spend a lot of time watching those wonderful sceneries. Those clouds become grey and greyer and turn to dark grey or black sometimes before a thunderstorm. Also sometimes if we are fortunate, we can see a colourful rainbow across the sky far away from our reach. It appears for a few minutes and then disappears. What a wonder! The drizzling occurs after a huge thunder and lightning that shakes the place where we are. At times the lightning comes down on tall trees or buildings and even kills the people who are sheltered beneath. Nowadays tall buildings are provided with some kind of device to divert the lightning and protect the buildings and their inmates. The flash of light emitted by the lightning is dangerous to our eyes. All these happen high above in the sky! Such beautiful things happen everywhere in the world.

Another important beauty of nature I noticed is the huge waves of the sea. The sea is always agitated by the waves – small and large. Every wave coming from the sea dies down with a lot of white foams on the white beach sand. I have seen them on many sea shores. The sound of these waves makes a huge impact on the minds of people. The wet sand on the beach is the best place for kids and adults to play. The long walks people take along the seashore on the wet sand cannot be forgotten. One more enjoyment we get at the horizon of the sea is the sunset. The colour of the blue sky changes to red and pink before the sunset. One can see the sun with our eyes as a round reddish object. Slowly it sets down at the horizon and finally, we see the radiating light coming out of the horizon. One has to have patience and interest in enjoying natural wonders. Think of it! You will come to know the marvels of nature. 

We have forests and National Parks filled with huge trees and flowering plants. It is dangerous to go into forests because of the wild animals that go around in search of their prey or water. However, governments have created National Parks for people to go in and watch these huge trees and some animals. I have heard about the Amazon forests in South America and also seen them in pictures. Animals of all sorts are there. Of course, nowadays we can visit all the dangerous forests by sitting at home. Also, the undersea world is another beauty we all are aware of. Divers go with cameras and take videos of the undersea marvels like corals, all kinds of beautiful fishes and many other aquatic animals that look like wonders. Still, at the same time, they are the real beauties of nature. In the western world, the seasons are well defined as spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each season has its own beauty. Flowers in spring and summer, green leaves change their colours to various beautiful colours in autumn and in the winter snow covers the leafless plants and also the ground. One can see the real beauty in all these four seasons every year. I was fortunate to see these beauties when I was in the western world long ago.

Look at the little birds that visit our home gardens. Their twittering sounds, the beautiful shapes and colours attract anyone. Even the butterflies flying around the flowers, the honeybees visiting various kinds of flowers and the colourful peacocks are in fact a feast to our eyes. The various colours of the home-grown flowers like roses, hibiscus, bougainvillaeas, Alamanda, adenium, railway creeper and many others are indeed beauties of nature.

It is our world where we find beautiful things. Look for them and enjoy. Live with nature and live long. - NARA