One Sunday morning I woke up a little later than usual. The room was brightened by the gentle morning sun. The whole week was very tiring with tests, assignments, classes and video and poster editing. After freshening up I sat on my bed and with no intention of working, I picked up my phone, played 4 pics 1 word, scrolled through some Facebook 5minuts craft videos, watched a few funny clips on YouTube, replied to my What’s app contacts and listened to some music. I was not satisfied, I was feeling lazy, looking around I realized that my room was a mess and it resembled a perfect garbage treatment plant. I told myself 5 min break and then total clean up. I began cleaning my bed, my basket of dirty clothes was overflowing even my study table was decorated with clothes. I cleared the table, arranged my books, put the pens and markers in the pen-holder and there I saw my 4 tiny cactus pots.
The plants were in good condition. They still looked fresh. I hadn’t nurtured them, nor did they even get proper sunlight in my apparently dingy room. I felt very bad that I had not cared enough for the plants that beautified my room, especially my table. These plants had made me feel fresh. Taking care of plants is as good as having a pet. And when the plants grows well it’s a great joy for the one who takes care of it. Here despite my negligence the suclants had survived. I felt relieved that the plants were in good condition. This made me realize that the cactus is really strong as well as low maintenance plant. It’s so undemanding. I’m often fussy about food, clothing and other luxuries but this cactus plants thought me to be tough and most importantly undemanding when it comes to comforts and luxury.
Moral: As Buddha said, “Desire is the root cause of sorrow,” thus find happiness in what you have.
