ESSAY

A Lesson

Daniel Seroga Bara Pramesta

Have you ever imagined how small we are compared to this nature?  We were born in the nature. Nature is a part of our journey in this world. We count on nature to support our life which makes the nature is very important for us. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, nature as a noun is all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, and growth. We can get everything from nature: food, shelter, energy, etc. Nature is a gift from God.  But do you know that the nature is also a mysterious part of our life? There are a lot of things that we don’t know about nature. For example, deep sea has million secret that is still being searched by scientists. Scientists always discover at least one new thing about the deep sea annually. Nature is like a big library and a labyrinth in the same time. As a library, it keeps millions of book that has its own story and secret. As a labyrinth, nature has many surprises at the end of every edge. The secret of nature always brings up our curiosity. It keeps us become an open minded- person that always makes us search the answers of every question in our life.

We can learn so many things from nature. The knowledge that we’ve gained from nature will change our perspectives on life. We were born as a high-intelligence creature. We are different from animals and plants. Beside a body with a high intelligence, we were also born with a spiritual body. Both of them are connected to the nature. It has been stated that nature has a lot of secret and the answer will change our points of view. Not everything can be understand by only our physical body, something has to be understand with our spiritual body or maybe both of them have to work together. Because of the changes in perspective, it will change our characteristic and our action on something. We won’t be the same person when we were born. It’s our natural habit for improving from time to time.

Our journey in this world is not easy. We have to become a tough person to continue our journey in this world. In our life, we will face many obstacles. Every single of us can be described as a chick that learns how to survive. We look for food without being a food for our predators. Throughout its growth, the chick will become a bigger and wiser chicken. In our case, we will become someone who is not only persistent but also cleverer and wiser. We become aware of every decision that we take. Every decision will change the future of life. If we cannot face our decision and choose to give up on the situation, we will just become an undeveloped person. We just stay in “our box”. We have to be brave to take some risks.

Nature is not only a source of knowledge but also joy and our daily needs. God has guaranteed our life, spiritually and physically by giving this nature for us. To fulfill our physical body, nature has provided plants and animals as our food. Plants can also become the source of building materials, medicine, etc. Besides of that, nature also takes us out from busyness and bustle of life. If we can take a moment and relax, we will realize how lucky we are. But we have to remember nothing is eternal. Someday, some parts of this world will vanish. Because of that, we should be grateful by maintaining the existence of natural resources.