TRAPPING ONESELF

The sun's beautiful rays bursting through the clouds

There’s a calming effect nature has on me. In fact I’m sure this effect is on every normal person. Nature is simply therapeutic. Maybe it’s the green in the leaves or the fresh air. Better yet, it could be the chirping of birds or the tranquility away from the reality of the crazy world.

Recently I visited the Nairobi National Park. I know it’s not the same as visiting the Mara but it’s something close. The fresh air seemed to carry away any problems I had at the back of mind. My brain seemed to kick into full action at the sight of God’s nature. I desired to be as carefree as the butterflies fleeting by; as relaxed as the giraffes eating out of acacia trees; as alert and swift as the antelopes. Heck, I wanted to be like the much sought after king of the jungle. I simply wanted to be free.

We live in a world where many times we simply feel trapped. All choices have consequences; we are never really free. But as I watched the animals in their natural environment I figured maybe we are trapped because we aren’t really in our natural environment. We are too busy chasing after what the world dictates to be prosperity to discover where our natural environment really is.

Put a fish out of water and it dies. But in the water it thrives and survives almost effortlessly. It’s not that easy for us. We won’t lose our breath and die out of our natural environment; but inside we are corpses rotting away.  Only when we find our natural environment will we really be free. Until then we only trap ourselves.

City's view from the park