Bird chirps
As far as I can recall, never once did I notice the presense of birds along the path I cycle through everyday for the past few months, apart from the mallards and mute swans that we always see in Reading. Surely there are plenty of birds there, but I can only remember seeing wild rabbits, in the dark!
It’s amazing what a difference it can make when one starts to pay attention to certain things. Nowadays, I will naturally look around to see what birds are around when I hear the chirping sound. It’s hard to tell if it’s because the interest I have recently picked up with W or I’m being made aware of the presence of such creatures.
So it’s interesting how much we have over-looked in our everyday lives, not because we are busy, or we are ignorant. Sometimes it comes down to just being totally unaware. It’s probably a good thing for people in a third world country not having the means to access foreign TV programmes. Not because the content of these programmes are bad. Imagine you have problems even drinking clean water or wearing clean clothes, or anything at all, and there you see westerners wearing proper attire for all occasions, eating food you can never have imagined. How do you expect yourself to get excited about the life you are living in?
I can understand why children quite often are happier than adults, as level of naivety and unawareness do make a big difference. By knowing more, the more likely you can get distracted or occupied. No? To me bird chirps now sound so much "louder" than before, like I have attached a new antenna to listen more clearly to that "frequency" of sound.
Has it occured to you that you want to slap somebody because they are so naive? Maybe you can’t understand why they can be so naive. Or maybe deep down you wish you can be as naive, as a child. We can be ignorant, but we can not be as naive anymore. Quite depending on people, naivety to a certain extent can really serve some people better.
