Iowa City Diaries

It is not often in grad school that you wake up early on Sunday morning to catch the sun peeking from far behind the horizon. What is even rarer is the fact that you get the privilege of watching the sky turn red due to some atmospheric activity, long after the sun has set. And when you do get a chance, its almost impossible to not reflect on such wonderful sights that nature offers, just one of the endless bounties it does.

So, I was off to the south east part of Iowa City for the Sunday morning satsangh (a meditation group that I am part of), and just when I crossed Walmart on Highway 6, the first rays of sun poured through the orifices of beauties that the world calls eye. Such a beautiful organ it is, helps us perceive such greatness and beauty and yet we have such a mundane world for it- 'Eye'? I sometimes like one of the Hindi/Sanskrit alternatives for it- लोचन (Lōchana). Anyone who knows his Hindi will admit that it is such a beautiful word. :) This word is filling me with happiness as I type this blog.

Coming back to the sunrise. I had not woken up so early since a while. So, it felt so great and exhilarating, to feel the freshness of cold and damp morning air, laden with moisture and dew. A whiff in it and all the perfumes in the world seem to suffer from bland stuffiness. After all, its the signature collection of the creator himself, why wouldn't it be great? That was perhaps one of the reason why I wasn't tired all day.

In the evening I was getting somewhat bored so I stepped out in just my tee and was welcomed by a slight breeze with the temperature around 55 F. I broke into a slight jog. I like to run in such a weather, with your body exerting itself to not only generate some warmth but also it makes you feel fresh. When your heartbeat literally feels like Pump- In and out, those short bursts of breath that give you the sense of being alive. Its true when they say- "Its the small things in life that matter".

And then came the cadence, a fitting end to a romantic day with nature. While returning back from Walmart, I just peeked up at the sky, something I do almost every time I am not driving. The sky was red, not like the orangish red that we see at the sunset but almost a brownish red haze scattered all over, which gave a typical romantic feeling to the proceedings. The beauty of nature and me.

Well as they say in Spanish- "La historia de amor prosigue" 

The love affair continues.. :) <3