Joie de Vivre

“Lying on the green meadows, watching the clear blue sky, feeling the fresh cool breeze and living the moment.”An indelible experience in Himalayan trek, which reminds me of my childhood days. It is not that I spent my childhood in Himalayas but my hometown - Sarni complements me with the same felicities and pleasures.

I still remember those primary school days when I went to school by a bus and always took the window seat. And that lad got amazed and blissed out every time he looked out of the window and saw the mountain, trees, greenery, and felt the fresh breeze. Sometimes during spring season when I woke up I found the mountain peak disappeared and then slowly clouds unveil it. Observing different kinds of birds and listening to their melodious chirping, just sitting quiet and hearing the sound of wind, sleeping on the green grass of courtyard in the winter’s noon…. And many more of such activities I used to did during my childhood. But as I grew up and left sarni I was no longer able to connect myself with nature. But this trip to uttarkashi and the Himalayan trek remind me of my memories and revived my bond with the nature.

 At sarni I always found nature as my nurturer, it always kept me refreshed and poised. Sarni is not a place where you live with nature but rather you create a bond with it, it become a part of your life and slowly you will find that nature resides in you…

(P.S.: As I was out of ideas for writing something for blog one person suggested me to write something on Sarni i.e. my hometown. Although initially I wasn’t able to collect any thoughts but that person along with the Himalayan trek helped me to go back into my childhood days. Just wanna say Thanks to that person, you gave me a wonderful idea :) )