The Magic and Struggle of being Human

Why do Yesterdays seem better than Todays?  Just when I was pondering over this thought, I came across a British Adventurer, Tom Morgan going on a trip Around the World flying with helium balloons. 

He seemed inspired by the 2009 movie, Up where a seventy-eight-year-old man goes on an adventure in his flying house carried by balloons. It was such a visually beautiful imagery to see those colourful balloons tied up to the house through its chimney stack lifting the house and then soaring high in the skies. 

Photograph: Pixar/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

These two images conjured up beautiful emotions within my heart. Human lives are full of adventure and the endless possibilities of finding magic in the most bizarre situations. The various factors that bring in all this happiness and love for new are possible only when people take an initiative on their own. The treasures of this life are left hidden for us to discover and find ourselves in the process. The surge of great joy that passes through my heart when I see such likelihood turning to reality, charges me for further moments of discoveries so far masked from our sight. That we can use these senses to experience beauty makes me go all grateful to mother nature. 

These two examples show us that humans still yearn for that which is far from us and seems unconquerable because it is so far away. We all feel invincible when we see the starry glittery nights of summer and wonder if there are other beings in the universe apart from us. Would we ever get to meet them? What would life be if we do indeed find ways to survive outside Earth? As a child, I was quite starry-eyed about the space explorations and everything that happened outside Earth's sphere. It was natural to be fascinated with stories of space adventures and all that seemed beyond our reach at that young age. I remember being enthralled after listening to the moon landing stories and Amelia Earhart's solo flying narratives from my Dad. It was a great time to be a kid. It was the age of curiosity. It was also a time of learning kindness and being polite to everyone. Nowadays, human meanness knows no boundaries. I feel so saddened that we weigh being nice to others based on the fact of their kindness to ourselves. That's being plain mean. We are all human in emotions and I know, we could grow past these little things of judging people over how useful they are to us. Think, if we did that to everyone, we will realise we don't have many people left to be with. 

I hope to find faith and hope in life's larger things as well. Here's to the exquisite magic and all the struggles of being human! May we grow in love and kindness towards all. Amen.