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Friday, 25 July 2014

The awe inspiring beauty of the insignificant.

 "Who would have thought it possible that a tiny flower could preoccupy a person so completely that that there wasn't room for any other thought." Sophie Scholl.

Often it is the unnoticed and the unseen that adds beauty to life.Tiny things have a subtle beauty. It is those small things which may seem unimportant, of no meaning  or consequence,  but becomes the most beautiful and awe inspiring things in life. Life sometimes has a way of making us look at our journey and reflect on the most insignificant entity of life. Sometimes it makes you startled when you realize the insignificance of the very core of your life. A journey with more of pains, obstacles, challenges that you have overcome with a smile, but feeling that it had no significance whatsoever even when it was a struggle of life; it makes you look at the tiny, weeny, small events that you missed or left it as insignificant.

All these contemplation came through when I  really started admiring the baby's breath and the tiny flower of bougainvillea. The baby's breath too are tiny white flowers  in clusters that stand for their purity, innocence and everlasting love. Baby's breath is tender, delicate and quick to bloom. These tiny flowers  are seen   in most bouquets and that's how I started loving that flower. But those days I never knew it was the baby's breath. The tiny white flowers gained my admiration and I used to love them, when my friend, Suja started sending me baby's breath flower clicks and I realized that the tiny flower I loved a lot was the same.

The actual flower of the bougainvillea is small and usually white, but each cluster of three flower is surrounded by three or six bracts with bring colors. Usually known as the paper flowers because of the papery quality of the bracts. But I closely looked at the small flowers, that is breathtakingly beautiful. A tiny  white flower, with a tinge of green, pink and a tiny yellow stamen.  It is seen in many houses and in the streets, but  never stopped to look at the flowers like other flowers. The tiny fragile flowers inspires me to think,  that there is nothing  insignificant in the life.

A quote on a symbolic photograph , "Like tiny wild flowers, hope brightens up even the darkest of corners," shows the importance of  looking at all the small things of life with a different perspective.To see a tiny flower bloom in intricately woven beauty is  definitely one that inspires  me to hope  and be happy . That always used to make me think of the weeds, least looked at, but always the ones that gave the highest hope in the time of need. The insignificance is its beauty and the rebel that grows anywhere though least sought after, but always positive. All these  very insignificantly plays a positive message to those who look for it.

On a collective note, you are just a flash in the pan. Sometimes you insignificantly do a lot, not for the sake of being recognized as the one who really worked for something, but for the welfare on the whole. You make a lot of sacrifices, pains to create something good. Every single thing is important, it is never insignificant, though it may seem to be at a point of time. A rebel with a lot of how, why, when, what, who, where, is always an insignificant entity for very many reasons, but the significance shines out as a positive spark when you least expect it.

 " Tiny is the flower, yet it scents the grasses around it." It is a 'ripple effect' concept that says small things may have a large effect. It really doesn't matter how small you really are in all aspects of life. It is easy to acknowledge words and things you can see. It may not be significant to many, but they are reflected in many ways. You start realizing the value of the insignificant things when you value the core of life. Positive thoughts may irritate many, but its value is known only at that time when you realize that being positive alone can make you fight life itself. Loving the insignificance of life, may be like a telepathic message that many fail to understand.

The spoken words just brush past into nothingness as it is not valued. But the unspoken, the unseen, the unnoticed become very significant when you are fighting a lone battle of life itself, bearing the brunt of everything and many a time the value of it is realized and longed for when it is lost forever with life itself. To thrive when conditions are good is easy, but to thrive in unfavorable conditions of life needs grit and perseverance.  It is then the value of a positive influence is felt the most.
The fights to challenge the threats of the very core of life, makes you love all the small things that are immaterial in life. You value and hold close all those little blessings and moments that came into your life to give new meanings  and help you fight the challenging times of life. All the little things become the most important ones that gives immense joy.

I love tiny flowers, weeds and all those little things that others feel as insignificant. In the light of what's happening, it is more imperative  for me to always have a positive and upbeat attitude, someone with a positive glow. It is not what happens to me that counts, but how I react to all that is happening, where life is taking me and the attitude towards it. A positive attitude can cause a chain of reactions, being a catalyst and a spark.

"Glow in positive influence,
Though tiny and insignificant,
Its effect you may not see,
it may spread in ripples,
And make a difference,
Down the path of life."

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