Clouds, Questions and Answers!!

When my DS was younger, I was one day trying to explain the concept of gravity with the classic routine example of apple falling from a tree and how everything falls towards earth. The contemplative 4yr old that he was and still is, he said he had a question to ask. Happy with hope that probably what I am speaking is making sense, I was only eager to hear what he had to ask, until I heard the question which went like this - "Mom if you say everything naturally falls towards the earth, how come clouds don't fall down?". Of course google came to the rescue of my astonished self in not only answering his question but also in helping me gain some knowledge!

I was reminded of this question while on a flight recently when I saw layers and layers of clouds. What magnificent things these clouds are - they stay put in the sky; move with the wind; let the sun light peep through or not; they not only make the vast blueness look more beautiful with their formations, but also can create a havoc when they want to! Who is not thrilled with the game of imagining a shape in the cloud and trying to make a picture of the formations - only I stopped playing that when my kids saw different patterns than me and were frustrated that they could not see what I see. Now, I let them tell first and look for what they find!

Anyways sitting up there in the plane I could not help but wonder if God could see each of us as we imagine - looking down doesnot make it that clear! I can only imagine how the vast expnase of the universe looks like from up there! I, for one, would like to give HIM more credit than just that - HE is smart and intelligent to have the confidence in us that with the abilities He has provided us, we should very well be capable of making it good and creating our own destinies - there is a system in place! Seriously when everything looks so miniscule from up there, how can he be paying attention to every small detail of what each one of us is going through or what's happening to his creation? On second thoughts I wonder perhaps if that is the reason we brought HIM down to our homes, hearts and to the temples or places of worship!

 

Thank you for you feed back Mira! You are absolutely right, they take an interesting perspective from the earth and I love them more from here too!

 

Thank you Shakambari for your feedback! That is exactly what my daughter kept telling...."I wish I could catch that cloud or I wish I could sit on it '

 

Thank you Parvathi for your lovely words in the feed back! Yes, it is wonderful to ponder over the mysteries even when we do not have straight answers!

Kids are amazing aren't they? That is so cute of your DD to ask that question..."what's inside a seed huh"!! I am constantly amazed at the way they think and am always happy to be at their level to understand what they they are trying to because the kids perspective always throws in a different light!

Love to your kids too and thank you!