Geography And Human Relationship

My studies in Geography stopped with Std1x .Geography classes ,specially world Geography had no attraction for me.We were very much hesitant to draw maps, curved lines for rivers and brown cones for hills and mounts.I had a sigh of relief in X andX1 since we had only history mostly.
After 60,when we were given an opportunity to travel abroad more than 10 times, my attention turned towards Geography especially when we had a tour of European nations.
We were totally amazed and astonished to see mother Nature in her best.
On many occasions I used to feel proud of Mother Nature,how she is impartial to her creations! how she maintains balance by creating floods,cyclones,tsunamis and the like !
She has so many children around the world! Is it self made harmony or does she take special attention to some ,leave out others?
Among human beings sibling jealousy is the common behaviour problem.Even if you buy two toys of the same colour the siblings fight for one and the same toy.We have to concentrate on so much of psychological tension before the children become adults.
I used to wonder whether Mother nature does not face any such problem at all. Is she impartial?

During school days I have heard of
the Dead Sea.Actually it is a lake and not a sea.It is so high in salt content that you can almost lie down and read a book.The salt is nearly 35%,almost 10 times of the water in an ocean.
Such a massive volume salt! It means there is no life at all-no fish,no sea animals no vegetarian.Nothing lives here.Hence the name Dead Sea.

Just north of Dead Sea is another sea called Galilee.Both the seas receive their water from the river Jordon.Yet see,how different they are!
unlike the Dead Sea,the sea of Galilee is very pretty,resplendent with rich,colourful marine life and vegetation.numerous plants are there.It is a home for varieties of fish.
Same region,same source of water and one is full of life and another is Dead.Reminded of one brilliant child well behaved and the sibling, a dunce and misbehaved,though both are brought up by same mother.

What is the reason?The river Jordonflows into the sea of Galilee and then flows out.This flow keeps the sea healthy and vibrant,brimming with marine creations.
But the Dead Sea is far below the Sea Level, and it has no outlet.The water flows in but never flows out.Since there are no outlet streams,nearly 7 million tons of water simply evaporate daily leaving the salt.This too much of salt and minerals make it impossible for living beings to sustain.
In common man's parlance The Dead Sea takes water from the river,just holds it and does not give out.Result?No life.

Life is not about getting.It is about giving also.Human beings necessarily should be like the Sea of Galilee.We are fortunate to have wealth,knowledge ,love and respect.But if we don't learn to give, we would end up like Dead Sea.Wealth and knowledge will evaporate like the water in Dead Sea.Merely taking in of more wealth and knowledge may lead to disaster.

It is a great idea to have outlets in our sea of life.Please ensure that you don't just get,but give too.definitely flood gates of happiness will get opened.
We may wonder why mother nature is so impartial to make one of her children lifeless.Doesn't she know the outcome?Is she not sad to see her offspring dead? This is a lesson to the entire humanity.She is sacrificing her offspring to be a great Guru to the entire humanity!It is a motherly sacrifice so that the humanity may benefit.What a great lesson she has taught!

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