Weird Bugs make you ponder

I looked inquisitively at the brick walkway and blinked. Scampering across my path was a small rather vividly coloured bug. A careful observation revealed that it had a red head and a black thorax with a distinctively odd mark etched on its back – almost like a finely scribbled eight. By the time I had figured out what exactly it was, the bug was gone.
Humans have been around only so long as to discover a mere fraction of the numerous species that exists; nature’s mysteries are still unsolved.
The bug, after its brief cameo, had disappeared between the blades of grass in the garden. If you’ve ever lived near a garden, you’d know the thrill of exploring its depths. Every garden is like a separate dimension; one can tumble in and get lost in its vast expanses for hours on end. The teeming diversity and complex spectrum of nature never ceases to amaze me. There are all kinds of creatures and creepers lurking behind every shrub and fern. It’s all very exciting; like having your very own scavenger hunt in your backyard.
Sometimes, it’s just nice to get lost in your garden – away from the fluorescent screens and wireless gadgets.
That’s the problem today – We’ve been so caught up with our whirring, clunky gizmos and multitasking contraptions that we’ve been alienated from our natural surroundings. It is indeed ironic that man, having started out completely dependent on the environment to suffice his needs, now hardly interacts with nature.
Cooped up behind impressive looking work desks with stacks of multi-coloured paper, we quite simply don’t remember what it’s like to walk barefoot on grass, to watch sunflowers turn their heads and to mold mud with our own hands.
Technological development is all well and good but sometimes, it’s just nice to go out and stand in the rain and feel the rush of emotion experienced when the saline drops of water hit your face.
By all means tinker away with your iPads and other fancy ‘i’-prefixed devices. But it’d be nice if once in a while, you wheedle yourself away from your majestic swiveling chair and personalized stationery to go back to the basics; look up to the azure blue sky strewn with wispy clouds and just breathe in the crisp fresh morning air.