Mother nature has her plans

Have you ever wondered why is it after something big has hit the news another story breaks out? It happens every where for everything. The world gets bored of one thing and moves on to the next. People are bored of Lindsey Lohan, so they move on to Charlie Sheen. But in a few weeks that will get old, so they will move onto the next.
Or in more important events, the riots in Egypt was big for awhile, then Wisconsin news broke out and spread around the the US. But soon that will grow old, now that even bigger events has happened(ie. Japan tsunami) Even though the old news still lingers in our papers, magazines and TV stations, room opens up for more life changing events. Then it makes you wonder, "maybe it could really be worse."
Not saying that someone elses news is more important that anther's, but the world does not stop for anyone, nature doesn't stop and wait, it just happens.
I had to try to explain this to my student after our week off. She was sick the last two days of school before we had our break, and during those days she was missing, we got to observe tiny little trout eggs before they were about to hatch. Then, during break the miracle of life happened and they hatched! Only person to see that was our teacher.
For an autistic student, this was hard to understand. The question of "why didn't I get to see the trout eggs? why didn't I get to see them hatch?"
I had to explain in the simplest way that life just does not wait for people. If they are ready to hatch they will hatch. They do not mean to do this to make anyone upset or unhappy, they do not have favorites. They just simply feel ready to be born and live life as fish. These things happen all of the time.
One student tried to chime in that when a baby is born, and the dad is not there to witness that, the baby will not wait, just simply because it is time to come out.
Of course my student did not understand this and I had to let it be. Maybe some day she will understand that life simply does not have any specific plan. Life does what it wants to and when it wants, that is just how it is.

This made me think about a lot of things in life. For example, you might think that what is happening in your life is so important that all other news should stop, its human to be that way. My psychology books has explained this better. But that does not mean that all life should be put on hold, because more events will happen no matter what you want or think. Once again, that is just how it is
This has recently think about life changing events in our world today. Being only an observer of the news of which is happening in Wisconsin or even in Egypt, I get a pretty clear picture of how media looks at events. Right after the riots in Egypt start to settle down, rally's in Wisconsin start to take place and the news spreads like wildfire in no time. We think for a time that this is the only thing going on in the world that is worth while until something bigger happens, tsunami hits Japan and takes whole cities and several of hundreds of lives with it. Although we know that our news will still be in the papers, we forget that it will take back page and let the world focus on Japan. It's hard to decide which to focus on, being an observer of all of this, I find myself in that whole asking "what is more important?" The answer to that is simple, neither. They both have important issues, some just might not be as important to others. For example, if we asked a Japanese resident if they thought the news in Wisconsin was more important than what just happened to them, for them it would be the tsunami, of course. Does that say that they don't care about our issues and we don't care about theirs? No. Not at all. Through all catastrophe's that has happened in the past few years, we have shown compassion and loyalty to the other countries, supporting in time of need, showing that we do care.

But when the time comes when we often think negatively about our lives, thinking that things can't get any worse, we often forget that they can and possibly will.I know for a fact, that I am one of the people in that categories. I often have complained that I am unhappy at work or that I am stuck in a rut, forgetting that there are people out there living on penny's with out a job. Or people out there who have lost their homes and families to natural disasters. For me, that is worse. So, i take back my negative thoughts and put forward some positive thoughts and prayers towards those who need it the most. I wont tell anyone to do the same, but hope that people take this to mind at least, it helps to get through a rough day, that's for sure.

I'll always remember that like the trout eggs,mother nature doesn't wait. It will happen when it happens and we just need to be prepared and do the best we can with what we've got.