Tree Gods… Trees…they only know giving. Only Giving. Giving…Cool Shade during the sweltering heat. Giving…warm Shelter in the blistering rains. Giving...Loving Sustenance to all, without discrimination. To birds and beast…to man and child…to insects and worms… Always giving. Never asking. Never taking. Who is the closest we know to ‘God’? Mother is it? Who feeds and sustains …loves and protects…Only knows Giving. A Mother does not discriminate. Trees are no different…Trees protect and sustain. Trees Give and don’t ask for anything in return. Trees do not discriminate. Trees are the closest we know to God…but we worship them not. Trees shelter us…but we ignore them…and notice them not Trees protect us…but we take them for granted…and we protect them not. Trees sustain us and in turn we cut them down ruthlessly... We cut them down, Without a single thought of remorse. We cut them down, Without an iota of care. We cut them down, Without a drop of pain. We cut them down, Without thought…Without restraint. Look around, I beg you… Under the cool shade of a tree… A Tyre repair shop here…A chai stall there… A Paan Dabba here…A Coconut water stall there… A Temple here…A Masjid there… Under the cool shade of a tree, we have a cup of tea here…we offer flowers at the temple there… But we notice not the tree… The tree that stands quietly…protecting…sustaining…giving… But we notice not the tree… A day will come…when there will be no trees… And if such a sad day may come to be…nothing else will remain…not the birds…not the music…not a song…Not us… Just dry deserts…Vast…Empty…Barren…Bereft of life… Next time we stand under the cool shade of a tree on a hot sweltering day…let’s take a moment to thank it and bow down to it in gratitude. Next time we stand under the warm shelter of a tree on a blistering rainy day…let’s take a moment to thank it and bow down to it in gratitude. Next time we stand under a tree…let’s sustain it with some water and much loving care… Next time we look at a tree…let’s look at it as a mother, a god, and bow down to it in reverence and gratitude. Next time we see a tree being cut…let’s protect it as a child would protect his mother. A mother would protect her child. And maybe, when enough saplings are planted…when enough trees are protected…when we have enough love is in our hearts…heaven will be here(on earth) for us to see!!! Gautam Vir
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:07:13 +0000
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