A mother was asking her son certain basic questions about the daily life activities,
1 Mother: Where do we get staple food from?
Son: From SUPER MARKET.
2 Mother: How is water coming to us?
Son: Mom, is it a difficult question? You seem to be joking about my ability. Obviously it comes from the TAP.
3 Mother : How do we build a house?
Son: The contractor will be able to tell you.
4 Mother: What is the best solution to avoid pollution?
Son: Just keep all the doors and windows closed.
5 Mother: Have you seen stars?
Son: Yes
Mother: Where?
Son: In the planetarium.
All answers seem correct to us. But did we ever feel the amount of angle of deviation we are making from the natural world.
Today, we are making our kids more detached from the realistic world and making them see things from a different perspective like animals live in Zoo, i play with video games not kids in school or neighbourhood, plants and trees have to be taken care by government .
Look at their life styles- Getting ready to School, take a commutation to school, study in the classroom and back home, doing home work , getting ready for the next day.
Do we realise , we are making them live in an artificial world away from- sunlight, mud, open greenery which are making them vulnerable to allergies, intolerance to natural odours.
1 Mother: Where do we get staple food from?
Son: From SUPER MARKET.
2 Mother: How is water coming to us?
Son: Mom, is it a difficult question? You seem to be joking about my ability. Obviously it comes from the TAP.
3 Mother : How do we build a house?
Son: The contractor will be able to tell you.
4 Mother: What is the best solution to avoid pollution?
Son: Just keep all the doors and windows closed.
5 Mother: Have you seen stars?
Son: Yes
Mother: Where?
Son: In the planetarium.
All answers seem correct to us. But did we ever feel the amount of angle of deviation we are making from the natural world.
Today, we are making our kids more detached from the realistic world and making them see things from a different perspective like animals live in Zoo, i play with video games not kids in school or neighbourhood, plants and trees have to be taken care by government .
Look at their life styles- Getting ready to School, take a commutation to school, study in the classroom and back home, doing home work , getting ready for the next day.
Do we realise , we are making them live in an artificial world away from- sunlight, mud, open greenery which are making them vulnerable to allergies, intolerance to natural odours.
Does anyone of them know the pleasure of first drops of water on the ground in a rainy day, The mix of water droplet in the dry earth and the beautiful shape the droplet takes once it touches the ground. The effervescent odour of mother earth bathing in the initial drops of water-pure from the sky.
They are not shown the natural way to live. Even one hour of power failure is playing havoc in the lives of every individual on Earth today.
We are making their vision narrow by attracting them to the world of glitter and money.
if this trend continues we will have Naturalists, Ornithologists, Star gazers, Animal lovers become a rare commodity on Earth and an extinct club.
We will be reading news headlines of this nature like "The bulk of sharks on the banks of The mammals have stranded themselves on King Island, in the Bass Strait between the mainland and the southern state of Tasmania , and one of the theories for this phenomena include disturbance of echo-location, possibly by interference from sound produced by human activities at sea ". ( BBC News , March 2, 2009).
So what are the right answers for the Mother's questions,
1 Where do we get staple food from?
From the fields, plantations, forests , where their is balance of nature-people efforts and by sheer dint of perseverence we produce them.
2 How is water coming to us?
The life blood of all living creation on Earth-The Water Cycle ( Sun-evaporation -cloud formation- cooling (because of plants, trees) -Rain ).
3 How do we build a house?
Shelter is for living comfortably and protect us from the vagaries of extreme weather conditions. It is not for display of wealth and make it a breeding place for heat emissions, wasteful use of energy, production unit of non bio degradable trash. It should be a serene place heated, cooled - with trees , plants and working in close harmony with nature. Even a plant of Bonsai is also a way of adding to the balance of pure air around .
4 What is the best solution to avoid pollution?
Lesser use of cold storage's, having a kitchen garden or at least cooking fresh food daily, Walking or using a bicycle for nearby works, voluntarily budgeting on using fossil fuels, planting more trees, using natural sun light more for rooms at homes and offices , buying things which can be recycled.
5 Have you seen stars?
Give space for the sky to peep into your courtyard or at least on the terrace. Where land is not a problem, expand horizontally than vertically. It takes too much energy and fear of vertigo's. Following a leader blindly is not the solution. We need leaders who think and act as per the natural resources and not copying other's conveniences which may be good for them but not for us. Enjoy nature more, be near to naturalness than the transient pleasures of Ac's, Cooler's, Heater's. Use them only when necessary and not because we have them.
Now how do we feel, when kid's give these kind of answers?
They are right because we are just custodians of their future. We need to give them more trees, more fresh water, more clean air rather than money which we are stacking for them.
What is in store for them tomorrow isa big question?
They may have money but not the resources which they should have had for free but are not able to afford even with the money you saved for them.
Remember, kids can earn more than us, if we give them a nice environment to live and air to breathe. Aren't our ancestors successful. Likewise our future kids will develop for themselves, but our greed is an impediment to them.
Think and plant trees and produce your own oxygen and secure your kid's future.
hey by the way , dont worry, it doesn't cost you much than the bill you are paring for your ki'ds hospital due to allergies and weak immune system.
Be liberal and don't build another castle around the big tree, so that your only kid can get all the oxygen from it.
THINK BIG AND ACT NOW. It is in our hands.
