My whipped-up theory

This was written on thursday, 23rd august......except for some explanations included at current time.

This morning, after classes ended (well, not really since I have tute at 2pm later) I decided to go to Torrens, supposedly the main plan was to brisk walk since i havent really done much exercise these days, but the plan made a whole turn & i went home to get my rosary instead.

Headed over to torrens & tried to find a secluded & quiet spot where i could really pray & have no distractions but it seems as if the river bank is a rather popular spot. Couples under trees cuddling and doin their thing, friends sitting around chit-chatting, joggers jogging by (at 12 stg noon!)...it took me a while to choose a spot further away from the rest of the world.

As i settled down to pray tho, there weren't really ppl distractions but animal distractions instead (those quack-quack creatures). So instead of praying the whole rosary, i only ended up with one decade. So much for my intentions. Resolved to writing in the end.

It's a really good place to think and reflect.. & the weather is just so fantastic today. A light breeze & sunny..with nature all around you (minus the ppl distractions)..So perfect & peaceful.

Anyway, i've been trying to think about stg that would link my thoughts to the fruits (the previous blog titled 'random'). It's kind of true how some things happen in the weirdest & contrasting ways. Something supposedly big could end up small (like the apple) & stg which is supposed to be small, ends up big (the strawberry).

If life uses the theory of the apple & strawberry, everything would be right. We could make big problems small....& the little things which we overlook sometimes could be made more important & significant.

I guess human nature somehow makes us think problems as big things; even if they arent, we make it big by worrying about it, stressing about it, feeding so much attention to it that a small problem becomes big. But what if we decide to take the other course and not feed our problems with "nutrients"?? It might just shrink & be smaller than its supposed size, & yet it'll still be the same ol' problem (that apple tasted just like any other apple double its size neway). Conclusion is, a problem will still be a problem no matter what. The difference is that we can either choose to feed it with attention & use up our positive energy doing so, or we can choose to do stg more productive with our feelings & time.

That leads to the strawberry. Things which are small...things we hardly think about doing or simply things we forget about. If we 'enlarge' a small thing and make it big, it'd be more fruitful & it makes you feel fuller. For instance, sitting by the river like that & writing (this is the first time doin such actually) makes me feel heaps better than if i were to be spending this time in the library reading up on my law assignment instead. We should be doing the things we hardly do more often...like spending time with friends & having heart-to-heart talk or just merely anything more productive that would make the small bigger (little important things) & the big smaller (petty problems).

At the end of the day, when the supposed-big and the supposed-small are put together like this,

you get a balanced & fuller life!!!...where problems would be the same size as the other little important things. Or better, if the apple would be smaller still and the strawberries larger. Wouldn't everybody be happier then?? That way, we get to enjoy a larger portion of juicy, sweet strawberries & be satisfied with a smaller-sized apple - so eating an apple whole would be way easier when your mouth could just open wide the size of the apple itself rather than hurting yr jaw when trying to take a bite off from a big apple.

Yes, you're right. The last part had no relevance whatsoever =)

Have a great day & follow my apple-strawberry theory! hehehh...

............thennnnnnnnn......that's when my camera "breathed its last breath". The irony of it all...after i finished writing on such a positive topic, something totally negative had to happen to me. & i felt happy and accomplished after i finished writing...and had to feel majorly, totally sad and depressed in after 5 mins. A total plunge. Tried to apply my own (apple-strawberry) theory to the situation too..to try making the problem seem small...since a camera's just a material possesion...but didn't quite work..Cos the costs outweighed the benefits..as in with my camera..

*SIGH* ALL OVER AGAIN!

PS. Let me know if the apple-strawberry theory actually works in real life. lol! oooh...! & the strawberries i mentioned which look like an ass! There's actually one in the picture! The one on the far right. Looks like an ass huh??! (hahaha i know..im excited cos i thought there were no pics of it)