My Five Best Discoveries
Photo and text by: Muskan Gupta, 1st Prize Photo Essay Winner
Life is actually the other name of Discoveries.
We keep on learning forever; and we learn only when we discover something new. This is an all along process which can slow down but can never stop. Whenever a person stops to explore and discover, they stops to learn and grow and overall live.
I don’t know what the proper definition of discovery is; but for me, it is in everything we see or do. Whether it’s a beautiful scenery, or the birds flying in the sky; whether it’s a flower that just bloomed or the trees which are laughing after the rains.
Each and everything is a discovery for me because if I had never seen them, then I would never have been able to enjoy and explore them. Being able to experience these little things that happens around us daily and being able to appreciate them is a discovery for me. Many of us fail to get this joy of life and are busy finding it on the things which makes it even more meaningless and hard to find. I was so lucky to be able to see and get them imprinted on the camera of my mind.
To find these beautiful little creatures playing together was such a bliss to the heart. They taught me to look around and find the world so wonderful around me.
These birds going back to their homes along with each other taught me the value of family, friends and company. They taught me how just being together helps in managing and solving even the biggest of issues.
This beautiful sunset which seems like it will disappear into the ocean taught me that every day is a new day. It taught me to leave the regrets behind, learn from the mistakes and start again with a new energy to the new day.
These beautiful scenes that stole my heart, taught me to look positivity at each and every place. This place looks beautiful even after centuries, then why can’t I be a soul that is beautiful from within.
These beautiful scenes that stole my heart, taught me to look positivity at each and every place. This place looks beautiful even after centuries, then why can’t I be a soul that is beautiful from within.
The sun playing peek-a-boo with that baby tree, the happiness of these trees in the sunlight have its own kind of vibe which will steal your heart away. They are also teaching me to see the beauty in things which we usually ignore.
Thus, why can’t I say that each and every picture is teaching me something to grow. Nature and even the social world are giving me the lessons to explore something new each moment. The only thing was, I needed an eye to discover them and when I did, they were ready with their arms open to take me in their world and show me the things which we forget to see, as we start growing up.
As we grow up, we slowly start being so focused and serious that we forget to stop and look around. We see the bigger things so much that we forget ourselves and also the beauty that the little things of this world hides in front.
I am grateful that I was able to discover them, before they got lost somewhere in this fast-paced world of progress. The progress which seems to have people make forget about the beauty that we hold within ourselves and getting lost into the world of selfishness which is taking us far away from discovering what we really should discover.
