been thinking a lot about this and i keep coming back to one thing: plants.
when the hot season started i came across some news of animals dying because of the heat, i started to put some water in the garden of my house and some kitties would arrive directly meowing asking for food, yes, but also water; one day i looked behind and i realized some beings couldn't even ask like that for their needs to be fulfilled, and obviously the plants on my house are being taken care of, and even there they would get "burn" by the blazing sun. what about, then, the flowers coming out of the pavement? and the untended trees at the edge of the city? I saw a timelapse video of plants moving and cried, realized how beautiful they are. of course i have loved trees for longer than i can remember and i have admired flowers since i had a thought about beauty, but once i saw them as muses, now i see them as art. does this make sense? i feel that through loving them i have also learned to love life in a way that felt familiar even thought i have never lived this process before, perhaps is the fact that with them is easier to see how everything is connected. i want to be a better person, not only for the people, but also for the nature.
i learned a little ago that you can make a bonsai out of almost every kind of tree, I'm preparing myself to try to bring a bougainvillea one to life. i talk with plants more now, i've always done so but this time I'm trying to get to a friendship state instead of just acquaintances. maybe i sound corny or crazy to you, but if i don't and you're familiar to the incredible love that plants can bring to you, if what surprises you is that i am only realizing now when you have lived with this for so long, i admire you because you carry a comprehension of life i am only familiarizing with now and i think there's few things as beautiful as understanding the value of life.
(this is such a big compliment to me, thank you so much, truly)