SCATTERED THOUGHTS

 

          SCATTERED THOUGHTS       

*Answer To A Child’s Question.

 

Do you ask what the birds say? The sparrow the dove,

The linnet and thrush say, “I love and I love!”

In the winter they’re silent ----the wind is so strong;

What it says, I don’t know, but it sings a loud song.

But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny, warm weather,

And singing, and loving ---all come back together.

But the lark is so brimful of gladness and love,

The green fields below him, the blue sky above,

That he sings, and he sings; for ever sings he-----

“I love my Love, my Love loves me!”

 

Note: The author of this poem is the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(1772-1834). The concluding line is the answer to the child’s question. “ I love my Love(mistress) , my Love loves me, which  means love is a two-sided mutual affair.

 

*Man’s love is of man’s life; it is woman’s whole existence. ------The English poet George Gordon  Lord Byron (1778-1824).

 

Note:  “Love is about purposeful, conscious experience, embracing emotions, growth, and connection (thriving, while existence is mere the state of being real or surviving.

 

*To be with trees and plants is beautiful  because they go on growing, they

become an impetus, an inspiration, and the whole energy is flowing upwards with the growth, You cannot remain low, you have to go high. If you are alert, then farming can turn you on as no drug can ever do.-------Indian mystic Acharya Rajneesh popularly known as OSHO (1931-1990).  

 

Note: OSHO is a progressive mystic. His thoughts are lofty. He discards stagnant pools and welcomes running rivers. Up, not down, is his clarion call.    

                                                            ********

G.R.Kanwal

20 January 2026