To See or To Not See

For the past two years, I waited. I waited for the release of the last book in a series I held so dear to my heart. One thing about being a human author is that we're all flawed. So, when it comes to series, there's no guarantee that it'll keep up to standard from the first book to it's last. The workings of the human mind isn't static. It fluctuates between imperfections, near-perfection and perfections. For a series consisting of five books which hovered on the borders of near-perfect to perfection itself, it's only normal to expect perfection where the last and final book is involved.

The last book came out and it didn't in anyway depict the authors preceding works. A painful reality. I was feeling but what I felt wasn't just a feeling. It was sadness for leaving a world I'd been so accustomed to that was reduced to something even lesser than a shadow of its former self. It was anger at myself for having too high hopes where this last book was concerned. It was pain over the realization that the fictional world I've been warped in for the past two years had finally come to an end. It was disappointment that the series could not keep up with the standard we, the readers were introduced to in the first five books.

All these jumbled up and made me feel in a way I hadn't felt in a long while. And what better way to deal with a different situation other than by doing something different. Taking walks around my environment is something I do very well. I cover distances around my environment by feet frequently, my primary focus on my destination, not minding whether if I spared a minute to appreciate the beauty of the tarred road I'm treading on, the lush green of the grasses, the different hues of the sky above, how refreshed I'll feel after. But to take walks that aim to inspire, strengthen and liberate you is something I rarely ever do.

Feeling too much, I decided to do just that. Savour the environment and just be. I didn't have a particular destination in mind but I walked. I walked and followed my legs wherever they led me, taking in all that I've always taken for granted.

One thing about the beauty in nature is that the decision to see or to not see is left to you. And even when you decide to see, there's no guarantee that you're seeing it in all it's glorious beauty.

I love nature and everytime I decide to bask in it's beauty, I am shown more reasons to appreciate it more. During my walk, I came across this tree without any leaves on it. There was nothing unique about it but everything was unique about it. The view of the sky from between it's branches was beautiful. It made me wonder how many things I've overlooked just because they appeared mundane on the surface.

This tree even when not in bloom, was one of the things that made me smile during my walk. And why is that? Staring at it, the reflection from the evening sun on its bark, the beautiful hue of the sky serving as the background, made this somewhat useless tree glow. And seeing it's glow in the evening sun was a wholesome experience. A tree of barks and branches without leaves or flowers to cover it's ugliness, still being one of the beautiful things I came across today. How odd is it?

This walk left me feeling liberated, better than how I started out and was quite an experience. It's something I look forward to doing many times again. I also look forward to getting drunk in the beauty which is nature.

Thanks for reading.

Every picture in this post was taken by me during the walk. Admire the sunset and the beauty of my environment with me.

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