Be Mature Towards Nature

Base on the vocabulary, nature is the physical world and everything in it that is not made by people. And in my opinion, nature is also something that already exist even before our (human) existence. From my own perspective, there are two types of nature. There are nature that exist only for the views or the beauty, such as rainbow and aurora, and nature that exist to fulfil our (human) needs.

Natures are divided into those two, based on each and every person's perspective. There are people who think that even forests, that have so many richness inside, are only for satisfying their eyes. Not for "cutting it off and make money with it" activities. But maybe that is how some businessmen see it. They see it from the economic side, not ecological. I am not saying that they are wrong. Because that is just the way of thinking. So basically, nature is not something that can be divided fairly. With different people as the source, it will produce different classifications of nature.

Another example that i've experienced myself once, was when i went on a camping trip with my school friends. We were admiring a fish pond full of beautiful fishes when suddenly someone next to me, which is my friend, said, "How much do you think it will cost if i want to sell these beautiful fishes?". I was a bit surprised. I mean, i didn't even think about selling it before. It was so cruel to sell those fishes away. I asked him about what he would do to the money. And he said that he would buy some food for the poor. "We have to put our (human) kind first before the other" he said. There is nothing wrong with that. It is true that we also have to put our focus not only to nature but also our people. But it was just different with how i think.Those differences in perspective are the one that makes it hard to gather people awareness towards nature.

That is why the way we think is important in using nature. And maturity is one of the aspect that build the way we think. With being mature and wise, we can solve this problem fairly. Back then when we were a child, we only think of nature as a beauty. The beauty that accompanied us when we were having fun.There are nothing as important as playing outside with nature and come back home with clothes full of dirt.

But as we grew up and experienced life more, we realised the importance of money. We realised that we couldn't live without it.That's why we will do anything to get it, including destroying our source of happiness which is the nature that we used to play with. Until we forget that we will also grow old and sick. In that state, we will be so weak and needing a fresh air. We will no longer can produce money with our current state. All we can do is sit and watch anything around us that is supposed to be the beauty of nature. That is when we realise how important nature is again. How nature is as important as money. We just realise that money means nothing when there are no nature to trade. And with that, we will realise that both nature and money are important.

So in conclusion, it is important to balancing between the two types of nature, or in other word, balancing our perspectives in seeing nature. It is important to fulfill our needs with nature, but we also have to think about the beauty of it too. And it is also important to keeping the nature as they are, but we still have to think about our daily needs. Those are the way of thinking that we need for this generation. Try to look at things from different sides. Not only when we see nature, but also little things that are around us.