Nature's Contrasts

Today, i thought of sharing what came into my mind of while staring at our garden just moments after i woke up this morning. I noticed, that there are contrasts. There are new budding flowers and there are dying plants. I thought, nature has two sides, but it is just the way every thing's supposed to be, right?

Just as there are plants showing life there are also things that show death. A normal balance mother nature has been doing since its existence. For me i find beauty in things that show death. I remember an interview of Angelina Jolie, she was asked of her point of view about death and i admired her tenacity and courage. She said that she is not afraid to face death. The teachings of Buddha also tell about death and that a person who dreams of nirvana must be willing to accept death. I think we are afraid of death because we have so make so many connections in this earth. Buddha said in order for us to attain nirvana, we must let go of our material and personal possessions because those possessions are what makes us grounded to the present state we are at (always miserable, burdened by problems). This might seem very difficult to understand more so to enforce or do, in fact it is, but the teachings of the Buddha tell something profound.

So much to understand about the nature of things, so much to learn, only, mother nature doesn't tell us directly, it comes to us in the most unexpected way.