Picture blue skies, snow clad peaks, fresh air, elixir like water, unending greens and cotton clouds. Picture yourself standing under the god's light and staring right at the mighty Himalayan peaks, drinking water straight from the spring falls and eating straight from the branches, standing awe struck under the sky thinking what are you in front of these mighty mountains, what are you in front of these rivers, unending greens? What is your existence? What does your money mean to nature, what does your fame mean? NOTHING!
My love for the mountains is from the days when I was a 6-7 year old kid. While visiting my paternal home in a Himalayan village called 'Digaam' in Nepal with my parents, I used to run up and down the slopes like a mountain goat (that is what my mother used to call me) while my parents used to carefully walk and my mother used to get scared that either I'll slip and fall or I myself will jump off the cliff. I used to wake up early every morning and roam around the village on slippery terrains alone for hours picking and eating fruits from the trees as being a pleasant weather village during summers there used to be Litchi, plum, and peach trees all around.
I'm 27 today, been almost 20 years and my love for Himalayas is still growing. Nature has always fascinated me, especially mountains. There is something mysterious about them, something that keeps pulling me to them. Its like mountains call me every now and then as if wanting me to look for the hidden secrets inside them. I feel what if there were no boundaries created by humans, no religion, no creed, caste. What if you were to live and breathe under the blue skies on the green mountains. Life would have been less complicated and lot easier that ways. So i'll sum up my love for the Himalayas with few lines that I have written:
Oh! mighty Himalayas
Mysterious mighty Himalayas
Stand tall, never you move
Nobody to answer, nothing to prove.
Never you laugh, never you cry
Never you speak, why oh why?
Oh! mighty Himalayas
My love, mighty Himalayas!
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