Being principled has always seemed to be a costly option.That the principles have become obsolete is a different matter altogether. What was newly revealed to this blogger, is the correlation of principles which helps them co-exist.
Principles/beliefs in the mix:
- Conserve earth, plant more trees
- Compassion towards birds and animals, sometimes above and over human life
- Though shall sow, and not expect the fruits
Revelation:
I have 3 flower-pots in my apartment. I water them daily. Apart from an over-zealous "Curry leaves" plant that is housed in one of the flower-pot, nothing else has lasted long. The problem - pigeons and sparrows. I have made repeated attempts to plant seeds in the other 2 flower-pots, only to see them sprout, grow a little and then have the pigeons and sparrows ravage on it.
So, I take efforts to water the plants. I see the pigeons and sparrows finish them off. I cannot hit at the birds to protect the plants (Uff!! mere ye aadarsh!! - well actually I do shooo them off many times - but I cant really be with the plan 24*7 - still got a day job). And then the 2 flower pots remain barren, which the pigeons consider a vacancy - and use it as a nursing home. So, my flower pots are blessed with pigeon-lings once every 3 months (and hence not barren?!!). So, while I sow plant seeds I get pigeon-lings which would become pigeons and make my gardening that much more difficult. That is 90% of the story. The rest 10% is the shit. The pigeons/pigeon-lings - shit a lot. Now that could be manure for my plants - so I would plan to sow more seeds going forward, only to see the leaves being eaten off in 3-4 days by the same marauders. And here comes the last principle to rescue - or to dissuade me from victimizing myself - though shall sow and not expect the fruits - in fact what you might reap is pigeon-lings and ..... shit!!
