Ayushi Negi

And I'm here at this moment. Feels unbelievable. I sat at the meadows of Chopta and watched the clear blue sky layering the top of the mountains that kept me distracted from my own thoughts. I stared at these mountains and felt nature's presence. Seems like the winds were whispering in my ears. That mountain, away from the chaos of reality that stands so tall and unreal. Often a question arises to me, '"What are the mountains trying to tell me?". To be frank, I didn't know how I felt there. The sunlight felt like it was made just for these mountains. It's amazing how we begin to fall in love with the mountains a bit more when I go higher. As I go higher, I see the villages look smaller, just like our problems - almost non-existent.

There is a sense of freedom in there. Only the knowns could feel the freedom from all the problems in the world, away from the chaos. And what makes this heaven a place of freedom? It is everyone's home, the nomads, the mundane worker of this materialistic world, the sane, and every human being. A home, for me, is a place where my mind and heart are free in my soul. Beyond those right and wrongdoings, there is a place for me in this world where I am a little closer to myself and my inner peace. Like a God, it stands there - the mountains. Blessing humans who glance at it every time.

I don't know what the future holds. Maybe I would live my dream of having a house up there, waking up every morning to this beauty - or maybe not. But all I know is that I will be the closest to God, the God that I believe truly exists in this form. And when someone asks me if I've seen God, I would show them the beauty of mountains.

Till then, I will keep running back to my hometown and try to find the meaning of that question. I will meet you there.

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing

and rightdoing there is a field.

I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass

the world is too full to talk about."

― Rumi