Wonderful, I love the input. We take so many of the simple things in our life for granted until something slaps us in the face and makes us realize that our time to dance upon this earth is limited and if we were faced with our death, what would have made the biggest impression on us? The little things that mean so much. I started to mention the computer as well as that is what has tied us all together but I wanted to start small but the computer is a biggie. Here goes..
Dogs and cats. Most of the really good ones come into our life for free, God guides us together I think, we have a lot to learn from them. Their medical care is really cheap compared to ours, a few shots, some flea shampoo, a litterbox, litter, food and toys but you cannot begin to measure what they give in return.
Who else is so glad to see you when you get home? (cats excluded, we serve them). Who else is willing to do anything that you want to do? Who else just wants a kind word or a pat on the head to make their day? They don't care what you look like, you could weigh 600 pounds and they still love you unconditionally and would lay down and die for you in an instant. They always want your attention, that's all that they want and will always be your best friend through thick and thin. You culd have just made yourself out to be the biggest asshole of all time in the entire recorded history of all universes and they just don't care, they live for your love only. Dogs know things that we don't understand but they do know the meaning of true friendship. They never lie and are really true spirits.
Cats we serve and put up with because we love them, they are different but I can't imagine a world without cats. I'm glad that God made them.
Item two... birdsongs. They are free and at the same time, priceless. I was sitting on the porch enjoying a rum and 7 when my mind shifted gears into that realm that only a slight degree of intoxication can get you into. You know when you can actually feel the sounds? Purple Martins were feeding and swooping near my porch. A huge flock of them approached as they flew by. Their twittering rose in volume and then faded into the evening sky as they flew by in a doppler effect. Doves cooed and cardinals said "Pretty bird..Pretty bird..." It's all as plain as day if you can hear what they are saying.
The Brown Pelicans of Galveston Island and the seagulls. Every morning, the pelicans fly west along te seawall in the search of food. As the sun sets and the earth's atmoshphere maginifies the sun into a huge glowing orb of brilliant orange they come cruising back, inches above the water to the west. They nest in the marshes at night. The seagulls glide effortlessly above your head in a magnificent display. I took this shot the morning after our wedding day. You could say that it was just an anomoly, the way the sun refracted off of the lens and made phantom imagives on the lens, but I see more there. I see a peace sign and a sign from God that he blessed this union and all was good with the world. Take a look...
The night that we met there was a total eclipse of the full moon, a phenomenom that would not occur again for another eighty or so years. Again, a coincidence? I think not. The full moon slid above the waterline and cast a million shimmering diamonds of light on the ocean, they shimmered as they shook until the shadow of the earth slid across the full moon.
This too was "free" if you see it that way. It all came at a cost and that tab was paid long ago, the priveledge of just being able to witness the beauty of what most people miss every day. The small really large things in life that really matter.
I'll get off of my soapbox now and mention the telephone. My wife would be lost without it. Think about it, you can pick up this piece of plastic and hear a loved one's voice clean across the globe, love sent through electric lines, voices of those you really love are priceless and when you think about it, the bang for the buck is really cheap at times.
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