Evanescene

A good way to brighten the skies, is to remember the great things, dwell in those wonderful memories for just a while, and be truly grateful for all of it :)

Gardens seem to play a big role in the cities i've been to in Australia. Everytime i browse through the city maps, they ought to be an area in green that looks relatively large compared to the city areas of buildings and junctions. I guess parks and gardens plays a certain role in lifes of these people. It's somehow a-must-go place even if you're not a fan of nature :)

I remember walking through this particular garden. Not a famous one, rather it was just a neighborhood park where people pass by each day on their way to their different roles in life.

No fancy fountains, designed landscapes, and not filled with people. School kids passes by eager for fun and excitement elsewhere, neighbors walks through because it is a shorter route, and joggers jogs by just to finish their routine.

and then, a boy with a camera walk passed, not in any rush, but waiting, to capture moments that would make the most out of the garden that he thought was beautiful. Maybe beauty really lies in the eyes of the beholder. But why would beauty slips away through time?

I believe every passer by must have fell in love with this park once upon a time. They would have really love the old trees along the walk way, or the green fields that they would lay down and talk about anything under the sun, literally, or the leaves that falls with different pace floating downwards slowly to the ground.

The park never changed, so did its beauty. The routes and paths were always there, the old trees were faithfully standing, the field stayed lawned all year round for anyone to lie down, and the sky was ever clear.

so what changed?

People used to be so in loved with a certain beauty, beholding it with much adoration. But as beautiful things keeps being available, it is being vulnerable of being used to, expected and soon, taken for granted. Humans, why are we such foolish things. Wasn't it us that wanted continuous great things and loving people showering love and showing beauty, but yet when time goes by, we got used to beautiful things and say, beauty do not last.

Yes, i believe it is just human to be so. To look beyond things and be unappreciative when availability isn't an issue. Why be so loving and available when no one appreciates?

Before leaving the park, i asked the park that question. And she told me,

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails"

I was enlighten