A Good Life

  During my morning walk, on a beautiful overcast morning, I noticed some beautiful flowers on a plant beside the track. I stopped to admire them. They were bright red hibiscus flowers. One particular flower caught my attention. While there were four on the upper branches of the plant, this one had blossomed right at the bottom, hugging the earth. I crouched to admire this particular flower as it really fascinated me.   “Hey there little fellow!” I said to the flower. “Hello,” it replied. “You can talk!?” I was taken aback. “Of course, I can,” it replied. “But tell me, why did you address me as little fellow?” “Well, because you are small!” “Funny,” it replied. “An ant just passed this way and greeted me by saying ‘what’s up big fellow’. You see how life is a matter of perspective. You’re big for someone and yet little for someone else!” I was quiet for a minute. “What happened?” enquired the flower. “You got me thinking!” “It’s good to think about such t...

  I climbed up the foot over bridge  at the railway station and began walking towards my destination. I realised I was walking against the crowd and changed sides to move with the crowd. On foot over bridges there’s an unwritten rule that on one side you walk in one particular direction only.    When I was walking against the crowd a lot of people frowned at me, even using cuss words. I realised it’s difficult to walk opposite the crowd and changed sides to walk with the crowd. As I walked with the crowd, there were people who bumped into me because they were walking quicker than me. Probably, they were in a hurry to get somewhere or catch a particular train. Then there were certain people I bumped into because they were too slow. A little agitated, I moved to the side and paused to catch my breath. As I observed the hustle and bustle, some life revelations dawned upon me.   It is difficult to move against the crowd or ‘swim against the flow’ they say, w...