19-12-2012, 03:29 PM
Beauty in Nature
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Sitting in solitary serenity, gently nestled in the sun’s warm arms, I notice something I had not noticed before. I swiftly cross the heathen street which divides newly constructed modern homes from the dirty hole flooded by corrosive water. This pond, contained by lawful ‘’No Trespassing’’ signs, swallowed the signs whole and let me in.
What is beauty? Is it rivers? Is it ponds? Is beauty natural or man-made? Are our concrete houses, and metal cars the center of beauty, power, and fertility? If this ugly pond is not beautiful, then I do not know what beauty is. This polluted water! This black sand! What could possibly be more beautiful?
A long branch extrudes from the brown water. As it touches the shallow shoreline, it embodies nature. From the top, a light blue dragonfly glorifies its heavenly wings. The sun beams its theatrical spotlight down up on the star. I can see nothing else. As the spectacle goes on, this radiant spotlight tags a small school of filthy brown fish. These world class Latin dancers, spin abruptly around their three fined partner. As the Bird’s sweet song comes to an end, the star of the show takes center stage. A half pound catfish, bubbles, and jumps under this lifeless branch. The world is his audience.
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With intrigue, I quietly tap my finger into this disease-filled germ pit. The catfish, furious that I had stolen his limelight, fiercely bolted from the lifeless branch. After minutes stricken with worry, the once-jealous catfish returned for his finally.
How could such a lifeless branch harbor so much talent? How could something broken and dead be surrounded by emotions and attitude? Maybe this branch wasn’t so dead after all. Maybe life is the celebration of beauty. There is nothing more beautiful than connectedness: connectedness of nature, spirituality, and human nature. If a dead branch, a godly dragonfly, a moody
Nature can bring a lot of beauty into our lives. Nature has a way of affecting our moods and it can force us to change our plans. Nature is responsible for the sun, clouds, rain, and snow. When it is sunny and bright outside, we feel cheerful inside. When it is cloudy and rainy, we often feel gloomy. When there is a beautiful and starry night, the moonlight makes us feel romantic.
William Wordsworth in his poem “Daffodils" gives the romantic in nature; the beauty of nature as
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Nature can set a sky aflame at sunset or magically transform a familiar landscape into a snow-white wonderland. It can paint a rainbow in the sky, paint beautiful autumn colors on trees, or paint a clump of daffodils in the grass with glow of soft sunlight.
When we wake and see a sunrise, when we walk and feel a breeze, when we gaze at the mountains and the splendor of the seas, when we see the earth renew its beauty at each season of the year, and when the stars shine at night, we should be so very thankful to the Lord for giving us all these wonderful and miraculous things. This poetic line substantiates this
The whistle of the wind rushing past my face,
Looking for the exit so it can leave this place;
The branches sway and the leaves begin to fall,
I can hear the birds now, sending me their call.