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Articles: My Experience | The Simple Things
- Mrs. malathi kona
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When I was a little girl, I had a fascination with the sky. What makes it so blue, I would wonder…and what are clouds made of?
I would spend hours lying on my back in the grass in the summer, and staring up at the clouds, intrigued by the way the sunlight played at the thin edges of them, creating depth and shadows. Sometimes, the cloud would literally pull apart before my eyes, losing pieces of itself to the wind. And I would focus on those intently, wondering if separation from the whole meant eventual nonexistence.
I would close my eyes, and concentrate on the way the breeze moved across me, cooling sun-soaked skin that was moist, and warm And then I would open my eyes, and stare with wonder at the new sky above me, marveling again at the shapes, and depths.
The simple things fascinated, moved me as a child…the fragility of a butterflies wings, the beauty of a wildflower, the sound of the wind moving through the leaves of a tree, the movement of an earthworm across my fingers.
I imagine that’s why I am in my element, when I am outdoors, and I can see, and smell, and feel the things most of us have forgotten about as adults. I’ve tried to give to my children that sense of awe in the simplest things in nature. When I watch them examine a flower, or roll in the sand, I find myself asking them, 'what amazes you about that flower? How does the sand feel on your skin?'
This morning, not long after waking, the kids were outside, still in their pajamas, rescuing a ladybug from the pool. They watched it stretch its filmy wings across its back, catching the breeze in an effort to dry out. They saw every little detail, and discussed it with each other at length. And then, when she flew away, she because they said so, then they decided to fill their stomachs. And I asked them, as they happily chewed their cereal, 'what amazed you about that ladybug?'
Younger one thought about it a moment, then answered, 'that her wings are underneath her back like that. That was cool.'
My son smiled, and said, 'that we didn’t fall in the pool with her!
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