A Beautiful Day Dream

Today is a beautiful day.

I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping, sun glistening from afar. I quickly washed up in the open air bathroom in my little small cottage home, knowing that adventure was waiting for me.

Two sunny side-ups, baked beans and heavenly toasts, and fresh milk for breakfast. Yum. After breakfast, I waltz through all the furniture in the tiny house, through the small wooden door, and away I went! Out for adventure!

How I loved the fresh scent of grass and river! The primeval jungle was waiting for me.

I halted at the seemingly only entrance to the forest, inhaled a deep breath, and took a step forward. A whole new world presented itself to me in a flash.

Outside the jungle, it was cheerful and sun drenched. But once inside, the smell of damp woods and leaves, and the apparent change in temperature was soothing and inviting. I was all alone. I could feel Mother Earth for the first time. So near. She was just beside me. The woodlands exuded such peaceful quietness, I could stand here forever.

As I took another step further into the ancient forest, I was slapped back to reality. The jungle did not really disappear. It just turned to concrete. Concrete jungle, that is.

Well, it’s time to wake myself up. All of the above is pseudo. I have never had the benefit of living such a life. I am actually surrounded by cold slabs of concrete but I really wish for a rendezvous with Mother Earth.

I can’t say I like the au naturel way of living. But I could say that I don’t like to live in an urban jungle. I can do without TV, hifi or even internet, I swear.

A friend of mine asked me if I could live in a rural farm area, like her hometown, in China for say, a month. And I quickly told her that I can’t really live without proper toilets and hot water. She then added her hometown is not really that rustic, and I said,” Then I can live there for a month.” She smiled.

I really hope to be able to visit her hometown someday. Because she is the one who described her childhood memories to me, and I had used it for the rainforest part.

Today is a beautiful day.


"Never fear shadows. They only mean that there is a light shining somewhere nearby."