Freed

in 2013, we embarked on what we thought would be a one in a lifetime trip to Africa. The continent seemed distant, remote, mysterious, intimidating, in that we had no knowledge of what it would. that trip to Tanzania to see one of the world’s greatest migrations was life-changing.

Our first zebra sighting framed by the ancient baobab trees

we became one with nature. we became part of mother earth just by being among the world’s wildest animals. we felt the being of nature. we melded into the heartbeat of God’s creations. we breathed easy. the urban stresses melted away. the heart slowed. the mind gave in to the peace and tranquility. the soul and spirit was refreshed, rejuvenated and replenished.

those emotions freed me of the fears of travelling to Africa on my own and i’d returned time and again, making 15 journeys over 8 years (minus those dreadful Covid-lost years of 2020-2022).

these trips set me on a never-ending education of conservation, of human-wildlife conflicts, of the imminent extinctions of species including the humans. they have made me aware that whatever we do, we have an impact on nature and on earth.

A World In a Grain of Sand -Yeats

Hello world.

We all go through each day and night, many times with unspoken thoughts we keep in our minds or half-evolved views that get forgotten in the daily grind of life.

i often wish i can stop at the spur of moment just to jot down that thought before it drifts away with the flow of life, which i don’t and then i regret that i cannot remember what interesting thought or memory that had been triggered.

i sometimes write down my experiences in the popular social media, but there are deeper and longer things i’d like to write about that generally friends on social media have no time or are not interested to read.

blogs to me are very personal long-winded rambles of how i see things. a good record when years pass and i look back at what i had felt or seen in days gone by.

hence, this. i don’t expect many people to read this. but i’ll be grateful if people do and what i write resonates with them, or not.

hopefully, one day, more people will appreciate that a whole world can and does exist in a grain of sand, heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palms of their hands, and revel eternity in an hour (WBYeats). and find happiness and simple content in life.