Nature Be My Teacher -Ragini Patel

Nature- the lap where we rest all our tensions. It helps to revive when we are over wrought by our hectic schedule. Nature gives us heartwarming and chuffy feelings. So what is nature? Well no doubt that nature is the mother of all. But how do we define nature. Are there any words in our expensive dictionaries to reveal the true meaning of nature? Once someone said, “Two things in this world will always remain undefined: Nature and A Mother”, because no matter how much we write, it will never be enough to describe everything about them. Something will always remain unmentioned. But still, let’s use our potential and try to describe nature.

Scientifically nature has been described as a phenomenon of the physical world including plants, animals and everything omitting the human creations. But I think something like nature should be described in an intriguing manner. So let’s try again by moulding our words a little;

Nature is our teacher. It may sound small but it has a big meaning. Being a teacher means a lot more than what we think, it means to be kind, compassionate, solicitous, empathetic, and positive, to be a guide and more than anything to be an inspirer. I have said that nature is the best teacher because in my opinion it possess all the above mentioned attributes. It knows when to be kind and generous to its kids and when to be empathetic. It knows sometimes in order to learn something the kids have to go through a lot and it teaches us to survive it. It teaches us how to thrive through all our problems. It has solution to our every single hitch.

Now, let’s see what the nature teaches us and how it is helpful in the long run.

In nature, from the tree with sweetest fruit to the trees with deadly poisonous fruits exist because everything has a purpose behind its origin. Similarly, every human born on this earth has a purpose and no one is worthless. What we need to do is to try and find out that purpose instead of spoiling and ending our lives for mere materialism.

Nature teaches us to be rough and strong on the outside and soft and nice on the inside just like a tree has hard and rough bark on it's outside but it is soft on the inside.

It teaches us to evolve and adapt as per our circumstances and to stay put no matter how disagreeable the situation is. It instructs us that materialism is just an illusion and is not eternal. What's eternal is the memory and great works of people and hence, everything vanishes from the nature at some instant.

Nothing prevails but the glory and pride. It teaches us not to bind our children but to let them learn through practicals. Just like an eagle throws it's kid from it's nest in order to teach it flying but catches it right before it reaches the ground in case it does not fly. It means that we must stay right beside our children in every situation but must not prevent them from doing practicals. And this list goes on and on.

The above description clarifies that nature teaches us innumeral life lessons and they all are useful throughout our lives. So we must look out for our nature and pay our sincerest efforts to save it from being devastated. It has always been there for us let us be there for our mother nature atleast this once. Let us give it some time to heal and revive to give us some more life changing lessons. Let us stop for a while, lie in the lap of our mother nature and let go off everything to make her healthy and learn some more valuable teachings.