What a wonderful world_ The art of gratefulness

While you reading this, I suggest you to play "What a wonderful world" as sung by Kina Grannis and Imaginary Future...on repeat :)

I see trees of green, red roses too..

When life starts as a bud, hopes and dreams are brand new. Life seems to be full of excitement. Everything is new, everything is full of sparks. The cry even, was welcomed with great wide smile of happiness. 

I see them bloom, for me and you

Then things start to move to random directions. The lost leads the way, the hidden intentions, the shocking realizations, the big hits, the low and high falls, the unknown pieces of life is all over. Few chose to bloom, more find it an ugly truth that blooming takes different forms and paces. And that means, it takes time in the equation. You, I, and all of us.. were never given the manuals to live our life. Life has never come with manuals specifically for different individuals. We were left hanging.. onto our own thought and intuitions.

And I think to myself, What a wonderful world

Life that we all face is full of struggles. The struggles we had with our environment, the struggles we had with our family, our loved ones, and most importantly, the struggles we had with ourselves. Our own idea what ideals are. Our own denials of what selfish and egos really are. To only then found that yes.. Life is beautiful. World is wonderful despite all the shortcomings we have. Yes, we all agree that, even in the least seconds we are blessed to still have, world and life is wonderful.

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white.

We were taught to go far and beyond with our mind. We were taught to see beyond the sky. The blue, the grey, the black, and the starry sky above us all. We were caught fascinated. Somehow, we found ourselves floating, forgetting that we're never far from the fact that we still on the land. We are designed to stay grounded, while our eyes roaming the dreamy infinity of the air up above. We dream high.. some of us even dream too high. We're floating... 

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

Days and nights passed.. Some of us are anchoring our days and nights to various things or people. Little that we know, no one told us, it's in us.. Everything in life that happen to us, the way we react comes from deep inside and we can actually control it. Only a few of us who are lucky enough to arrive at this spot where we can admit, despite all of our weaknesses, that still... life is great and world is wonderful.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky, and are also on the faces of the people going by

The beauty of life is changing from different circumstances. It is not exaggerating to say that disaster after disaster is in each and every individual you see on the street is real. No-one is so special that he or she has no issues, problems, and shortcomings in life. Everyone fights distinctive war in himself/ herself. But... All those obstacles we face in life is designed to creates a new "us", isn't it? Or no... Or else, it's all in our own perspective we choose to utilize. After all, we all agree.. life is so colorful, whatever shade you choose. Life is wonderful..

I see friends shaking hands saying "How do you do?". They're really saying "I love you"

We were told that friends and companions are our resources of power and validations. We say "love" too much to others. And forgetting to "love" the very person in us. We try to make everyone happy, satisfying their needs and expectations towards us, denying the fact that we're drained in the process. Who is saying "I love you".. Who is saying "I love you"?

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow. They'll learn much more than I'll never know and I think to myself, what a wonderful world

We think that we have lived so long time, but no.. it's a very short time. It always feels like yesterday when we feel first rejection, first validation, first pain in the heart, first hate, first love, first love... Our feelings are too real to deny that even time can't get into the equation, but unfortunately some teach us to deny them saying that our feelings are too much as if our feelings are not valid to each and every one of us. But again, life is wonderful.. All this is temporary and at the end of the day we'll learn that gratefulness is our way to survive.. Gratefulness is our fuel to keep breathing even in the worst environment we're in. Gratefulness is our source of love..   and

Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world..

Darussalam, January 19, 2021