The good docter
prompt: write something that begins with an odd or fun factsong: Dawn Chorus(click here)
Fun fact, not really though, but I think I get why old people go on walks.
A few days ago, 14th of April to be exact, the followings events happened. It was around 6.00 pm the clouds started to darken. Every trace of sunlight was covered up by the clouds. The place was filled with this ethereal greyness. Within minutes the electricity went out. It started raining heavily. It was raining with spite, if that makes sense. It was really windy as well. Suddenly it was cold, not what one would expect from a summer evening.
I decided that it would be the perfect time to make tea and so I did. I then put on my earbuds and played "dawn chorus". I sat in the porch or veranda or whatever you want to call it, with my tea in hand. I never felt so peaceful, I never thought home could be this beautiful. I just sat there for around two hours, simply staring at the dark clouds and the trees and the rain. Nature washed away all my worries and I felt glad to be alive.
This happened a few days before.
I was tired of sitting in my house all day so I asked my mom if she wanted to go out for a walk. She loved the idea. It was in the evening a bit before the sunset. We walked through the paddy fields and eventually sat down under a tree. We just sat there for an hour or so watching the sunset. I was reminded of this line by Albert Camu:
"science that was to teach me everything ends up in a hypothesis, that lucidity founders in metaphor, that uncertainty is resolved in a work of art. What need had I of so many efforts? The soft lines of these hills and the hand of evening on this troubled heart teach me much more"
The sunset was so serene and beautiful. There was nothing that could ruin in. There weren't any buildings or cell phone towers in sight. There was no noise, nothing but the sound of wind and birds. The world felt like a bad dream and I was where I truly belong. I could feel the dirt under my palms and strangely I felt human.
So yeah I guess it's fair to say why old people go on long walks and stuff. Nature heals the heart. It has it's way of understanding you and it calms down your soul I suppose. I should do it more often.