Listen to nature

THE WORLD WILL TEACH YOU IF YOU LISTEN

The greatest lessons are not always found in books or lectures, they are written in the quiet moments, the unexpected challenges, and the unspoken truths of everyday life. The world is a patient but relentless teacher, offering wisdom to those willing to listen. Listen to the wind, it teaches flexibility. A rigid tree will give way in the storm, while the bending reed survives. There is strength in adaptability, in learning to sway without breaking.

Listen to the rivers, they teach persistence. No matter the obstacle, they find a way forward, carving canyons over time with nothing but steady motion. Your struggles, too, can shape you if you keep moving. Listen to the seasons, they teach impermanence. Joy and sorrow come and go like sunrise and sunset, like winter and spring. Nothing lasts forever, so savour the good and endure the bad, knowing that both will pass.

Listen to strangers, they teach empathy. Behind every face is a story you have not heard, a battle you have not fought. The world softens when you realize everyone is fighting something. Listen to silence, it teaches clarity. In stillness, the noise fades, and you hear the truth you have always avoided. The answers are often there, waiting for you to stop talking long enough to notice that it is written boldly on the wall.

The world whispers its lessons in sunsets and storms, in kindness and cruelty, in beginnings and endings. The passage of time, the unfolding of tomorrow, and its metamorphosis into yesterday, the revelation of the unexpected, and the unveiling of the hidden. If you are willing to maintain some level of stillness, be open to learning, experiencing, and understanding, and be humble you will receive so much from life and nature than you can ever get from anywhere else. The classroom is everywhere, just pay attention.

To a better you, Kamikun John.