I like to watch clouds, especially summer clouds. In my childhood days, during a hot and long summer school break, I remember I endlessly daydreamed watching clouds. Time seemed to have stopped for me to contemplate on my own imaginary controlled worlds. The summer time reminded me of those days. I remember them fondly.

Watching clouds taught me which way the wind blows and when the storm arrives. The contrast of white puffy clouds or scratchy ones, from Cumulus, Stratus, and Cumulonimbus to Cirrus, against the summer blue skies still creates an excitement towards unknown next coming moments. Can I see what is coming next? Can I predict what will happen next? Moments are there in front of me all the time, but it is hard to predict and forecast what comes next. I still enjoy the uncertainty and unpredictable nature in the clouds movement.

The current modern world is changing rapidly somewhere and everywhere. We don’t recognize all even in a digital connected world. Should we not be bothered by all the things that are happening, or be aware of the changes that will impact us tomorrow?

In any case, it is hard to grasp a big picture that may bring us fundamental changes if we only focus on one small change, but certain changes are only noticeable if we have a compass to observe and judge them, but they are not always visible at any moment. Also our view point changes so-to-speak reality. Depending on its timing of observing the changes, our observation often gives us completely different views in shape, size and color. Of course their context varies.

The moment we watch the clouds, they change their shape. The same is true when we tell our perception of the event, the previously observed reality moments became nonexistent and it is hard to tell the story of that moments to others.

Cloud watching teaches me how difficult it is to point out the one I experienced and observed is the one my message recipient acknowledges the same. A big picture and narrow focused views contradict always. The prediction and forecast disappoint us constantly.

The question I ask myself is how much I have observed the changes in front of me and how well I prepare for noticing the changes to come so that I can take an action.