28. Life and death

As you know, I am always surrounded by life here. Plants growing, creatures being born and having a great time being alive, things moving behind every blade of grass, under ground, on tree trunks and in the air.

But in nature there is always balance. With so much life going on, there must also be a lot of death. And in certain areas, almost all you can see is death. When I go to the bathroom in the morning, there is death everywhere (not the perfect way to wake up). Lots of dead or dying creatures lying on the floor and in the sinks (and some falling from the ceiling). And it's not because it's not clean. It's because there are actually a lot of bugs who die in the bathroom during the night!

So when I'm inside the house, I am almost constantly seeing creatures that are dead or dying. Outside, almost all I can see is life. But really, in nature, there is an equal weight of life and death. We humans don't usually like to think about or talk about death. But without death, there would be no life. Just think about it. If there is no alternative, there is nothing that defines the concept of living. If everything lived forever, there would be no life, just an eternal state of  being. We would not be able to be grateful for being alive, because there would be no alternative.

Creatures all around exude happiness at being alive. They rejoice in their possibilities and fight to stay alive to enjoy it further. People, on the other hand, often forget to be happy that they are alive. We plod through life thinking that it is something horrible to be carried heavily along on our backs while we try to do the things that should be done. We often take life for granted and notice only the things that go wrong or that are bad. Just look at the news if you need an example. What do people want to know and hear about? Suffering, death, and money. That will certainly make you happy, and you'll just love your life, won't you?*

What about going out of your door and realising that life is wonderful? Just the idea of being alive as opposed to being dead is great! Revel in all the impressions you can get from your senses! Be amazed by the human body and nature that you are able to experience! Dance around just because you are so very happy you're alive! (No one is watching**)

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*Heavy sarcasm in that last sentence for you. (In case you didn't get it...)

**Just believe this is true. Everyone loves happiness, anyway.