Friday, March 29, 2013

Nature's Finest

By Joy Tobechi Ojuka


She is big, she is wide, she is long but not tall.
She is reflective, neutral, humble, beautiful, good but can accommodate evil.
She can be invisible but yet clearly visible. And with her very intrinsic colour, she is tasteless and odourless but unarguably sweet.

Looking at her miscible characteristic nature, I remembered what my mother told me about her birth: "she is produced as a by-product of star formation. When stars are born, their birth is accompanied by a strong outward wind of gas and dust. She is a star!" My mother said to me with an air of acquired wisdom.

When she is poorly handled and in a bad sanitation area, she is deadly. When in fury, her brows crinkle into a frown. She turns red, her breath short. Ugh! She'll be filled with terrible rage.

According to report, some five million deaths a year is caused by her. Conversely she can be kind, meek and will certainly lighten up the people around her. Oh, how I love it when she is happy! She glows, she sparkles - she is beautiful. Her eyes glint like diamonds, her entire body clean and fresh like a beautiful blue of the colour of a cloudiness sky.

She is an attractive paragon of excellence. There is always an air of soothing relief, content whenever she stepped out. Many find her sound and appearance to be calming, inviting and adoring.

She is illustrious and satisfying. She is mentioned numerous times in the Bible, for example: The earth was formed out of her and by her.
In the Qur'an it is stated that "Living things are made of her" and she is often used to describe paradise.

She is also taken as a role model in some parts of traditional and popular Asian philosophy. James Legge's translation of the Dao De Jing states that "she is the highest excellence achieved on earth. Her excellence appears in it's occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike.
Hence (her way) is near to (that of) the Tao" and "There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than her, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong, there is nothing that can take precedence of her - for there is nothing (so effectual) for which she can be changed."

As I watched her move in waves, she smiled back at me with her vivid blue eyes. She has a youthful appearance, clear smooth skin which influences perception of beauty and physical attractiveness.
She is a classical vision of beauty, absolutely flawless!
She is snowy, she is pure... She can drizzle, freeze, hail and rain. But can only come in three states: Solid, Liquid and Gaseous...

She is water.