Children of Heaven and the message of "Blowing in the wind"

All children are heavenly.

I was a child once, before I became this monstrous self. I was heavenly too. I am sure every criminal, and every judge ever lived, once cried for a drop of milk from their mother. And it is not a secret, not something to be ashamed of. But even I have hard time understanding children are heavenly before they are shaped by adults around them.

Children of Heaven 2006

I just remembered I watched this documentary type drama film called children of heaven. It had been there in the back of my memory Until I reminded it again. It was about a little brother and a sister. How their poverty could not milk away their heavenly nature. It was about a pair of shoes, and the struggle of a little brother to bring back, a new pair of shoes to replace the ones he lost, which belonged to his little sister. The most iconic scene is where he tries to win the third place in a race, so he could get a pair of shoes as a price but failing as he accidentally won the race. Isn't it amazing, when their value system is not greedy as adults, but only represent their nature? I am not saying every kid would behave same. But exceptions are minority when children are concerned. It will second only to Shindler's list, if we consider the pure nature of the act of kindness.

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Children of heaven

If acts of kindness are the hallmark of being heavenly, I would say there are few in the world. And when I look at them It makes me feel like a mouse. What am I even doing here? I should quit and try to become one of them. Those heavenly men and women directly descended from God. And it reminded me of Bob Dylan and his famous song Blowing in the wind. I read it as a teenager, it was just a poem. Until I heard the master himself singing the song. As he explains, he himself in an interview he doesn't know how creations come into the world. It is just magical. It is like he is a messenger to a heavenly song that generations loved to hear.

How many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky?

How many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry?

How many deaths will it take 'til he knows

That too many people have died.

The answer, my friend, is blowing' in the wind

The answer is blowing' in the wind

Answers are blowing in the wind: https://unsplash.com/@saadchdhry

Living a life of kindness

I am sure he would not feel sad on his deathbed. As he appears a messenger of truth. Yet I know if you ask him, he will not agree. At least the words speak the truth, and that is why he has got the Nobel prize for literature in 2016. But the question is how many times that we have to listen to the song before we understand the message in it?

I am sure there are plenty of men who die without seeing the sky, or hearing people cry. Until they can't help themselves. I am sure, the message is not to look at the sky and say "Wow" and donate some coins to charity. It is about looking at ourselves, to see that what life really needs to sustain itself through time. To understand that sometimes it needs only to feel the wet sand through your toes in your feet, and a little bit of sea wind. Instead to choose kindness, over greediness, generosity over cruelty and peace over happiness. And live like innocent children singing a song in the porch all afternoon, all our lives without ever becoming adults.

Is it even possible? I am sure, a little song about truth or a blog post would not make the cruelty disappear, yet it will resonate in some heavenly minds.