If ever you ask me, “Why do you still find the world so beautiful, it’s buildings and roads and all now and there’s literally nothing left of the old natural beauty?”, here’s my answer.

It may be all buildings but there’s still the old essence. The beautiful essence of nature is still there. We can still feel the very peace, the very energy that nature has engraved into the soul of this earth, into this air. When I close my eyes, I listen to the sounds of nature; the chirping birds, the air blowing slightly or with a thunderous howl, the raindrops falling. When I take a deep breath, I smell the earth, the purest sense of nature. When I look around, I see the very birds, the trees, the sky, the beautiful clouds and the rays shining through them, the hills and the pattern that nature has woven into everything. I feel the wind blowing against my skin, I feel the energy of the earth. When I step barefoot on the ground, I feel the earth, the very essence of nature beneath my feet. I feel the energy connecting us all flow through the earth, connecting me with those I love. I feel their energy align with me, I feel their love, and I smile. And here… here is where I experience the essence of nature. Here where everything is carefree and there’s no judgemental eyes to criticise every single move I make. Here, I feel complete and here, I feel like me, the true me.

I look at the clouds. I like the ones with no pattern. The ones that are just bundled up. Because, it’s in these very clouds that nature has woven its finest pattern. The pattern of innocence, the pattern of imagination, the pattern of perfection in imperfection. It is in these clouds that nature has bestowed the beauty in nothing and everything. For in these clouds, there lies this energy and this feeling of love and kindness.

It is the soul of the world that still holds the beauty of the world for me. It is the feeling of love, care, sympathy, empathy, understanding I find in the soul of the world that I love. It is the energy connecting me to my loved ones that still pushes me forward everyday. I’ve lost hope in people, the people who feel the wish to judge a person not wishing to learn who that person truly is. The people who feel the wish to ask but never to give. I’ve lost hope in people but the soul of the world, the energy flowing in the earth that I feel in me still gives me hope that something can be done. It still helps me try to see the good in people. And this is what I love about the world. This essence, this soul is the beauty of the world for me.

“What a beautiful world is out there for me now to see it
  What a beautiful world is out there for me now to know it”

-When Chai Met Toast