A few weeks back, I sat on the balcony of this restaurant in PJ for dinner. This place had the most comfortable couch. As I tilted my head up I look at the clear sky, I saw 2 stars. The longer I stared at the sky and on that same spot, the more stars came before my eyes. I found this so magical so I turned over to a friend who was with me and asked him to look up for a while, and shared what I experience but all he could see was the first 2 stars I first saw. A part of him felt I was seeing things or it was just my imagination. As despite how long he looked at that clear sky, he didn’t see any more than that 2 prominent stars.
I wasn’t sure what I saw was real so I went back there again a week later and with another friend. Sat in the same place and asked this friend to look up , and see what he noticed. And how many stars he could see. He started with 3 stars on that night and the numbers started growing the longer he stared at that same spot. He experience the same thing I did.
I realize then, some of the best teachings in life, comes from nature itself. Mother Nature teaches us a lot if only we put time to listen and learn from Her.
Like from this teaching, I learned that sometimes, when we are faced with a problem, what we tend to see just a picture that comes before us. We act on it, and we fail. Usually it’s because we didn’t take the time to see the whole picture, to study the situation and see the possible ways to act on it.
Also sometimes, in a situation, we may perceive differently compare to another. And the way we act on it could probably differ from another person. Does that mean we are wrong ? Or are they wrong? It could be both, it could be neither as sometimes it’s merely approaching a situation in differently style.
Yesterday was of a weird day emotionally for me. As I had a long conversation with my best friend over dinner, it just got me thinking a lot about how differently each individual view people and view life itself . What we experience is so different from others and as much as we’d like to share, it’s sometimes can be so hard to explain it to .
I know I have felt that way. It's strange to think that no matter how much I try to describe the way I'm feeling in a certain situation, there is literally no way that I could truly convey the complexity of my emotional response to someone who hasn't experienced it.
Anyways, on a clear night, try to sit in an open place and look up at the sky, and count the stars, and as few as it may seem to be at first, stare a little longer on the same spot and see your numbers grow.
See what thoughts come in your mind. You’d be surprise
Well, that is my take on this.
Cheers!
The picture above is an optical picture. Did you notice the face of the man first ? Or later? Or can you not see it at all?
Does the mean it’s not there?
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