Creative Column - May 15th

This week I’ve opted for a well-known poem from the public domain – ‘I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud’ by William Wordsworth. I studied Wordsworth in school, and his poetry has always stuck with me. It focuses on connection between humanity and nature, citing nature as a means of profound spiritual nourishment. In a busy modern world, we can often stray from this idea and lose a sense of who we are.  

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It’s easy to get into the habit of thinking that life is some big challenge that needs to be conquered – as if everything we do is leading to some big grand revelation. But I don’t really believe that’s true. If anything, I feel like life is just really a series of random moments stitched together, and often the meaning or narrative only becomes clear retrospectively.  

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I think great change does not come through grand events, but rather small occurrences and interactions. We as individuals are a product of every person we’ve ever known, every action we’ve performed – every emotion we’ve felt.

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Amidst the busyness of modern life, it is important to not lose sight of the fact that we are only one species on a vast ever-evolving planet. Sometimes the great answer is not the career highlight or the attaining of a goal. It is merely existing as one with everything else.  

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