extraordinary to ordinary to extraordinary again!

 Isn't it almost the law of nature how the people living in the mountains often seem to find the mountains, the mist, and the calmness pretty boring. Meanwhile, the city folk cant wait to get away to small town. the ocean is just another entity living for the fishermen.its pretty awesome (and sad) how the little extraordinary(s) in our life become the things we consider ordinary and something that is just going to be there forever.

 The banyan tree you seen at the complex's circle, the one you have passed by forever. doesn't a time come where you forget to appreciate its majestic branches and the way the roots hand silently leaning towards the road. the  glorious view to the ever busy highway seems just another noisey place when you have seen it long enough. Isnt is unfortunate how all of the extraordinary in our life seem more than ordinary for us.

I think this also works on people. We have seen our parents make sacrifices, work forever and toil just to make us happy. we have friends who have come with us through the good and bad since many years. Do you forget to tell them they are special to us. do you forget to remember how you found this extraordinary person in life. In the first phase of your relationship with them, you must be telling them every now and then how much it means for them to have you in your life, do you let them know now?

to end with, it is on us whether we want to appreciate the small uniqueness, quirky, mind blowing things we have. the different painting the sky potrays everyday, the flower that steadily grows, blooms and fades.

“Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”

― William Martin, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents