Touch the Earth, Feel the Sky

Earth

Earth, we wake up to her, we spend our day with her, we lie down with her.

Earth is our home our special place in the universe; a place where we rest our feet, where we look up at the stars, where we play football, listen to outdoor concerts, where we play dominoes and cards, sit out and enjoy tapas and wine, pizza and beer, where we skip and jump and play and a jumping off point for our space ships to blast off into the heavens on a never ending search for what's out there.  

Earth..where we bury our loved ones.  


And, yet, how many of us really give earth a second thought? 

We humans inhabit this planet, only one in a million of other species who occupy the same space we do.

When I walked out this morning to water my lawn I noticed a little tree frog (not much bigger than your little finger) on the head of the hydrant and carefully picked it up and placed it on a leaf. 

I looked down at my feet at the busy ants scurrying away trying not to get stepped on, I listened to the little wren who has taken up residence in an old box in the corner of my garage singing her heart out.  The sun is coming up and showering its golden rays over everything.

I am ever mindful of just how transient life is.  How, one moment everything can be wonderful and blissful and then, in the blink of an eye how it can change.  

Today, touch the earth and feel the sky.

Make the connection.

Connections, isn't that what it's all about, anyway?   
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Gary B.B. Coleman - The Sky is Crying

Truisms

"In school you're taught a lesson and then given a test.  In Life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson".

Severe Drought Affecting Livestock, Farmers and Winter Forage

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Way to Go!

Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines - 2013

Today, take stock of where you are in life.  Look around you, do you see a piled up heap of garbage in the corner of your room?  Are there unwashed dishes in the sink?   Have you been putting off getting rid of something that has outlived its usefulness you no longer need but haven't done it yet? 

Do it.

Preparation is the order for today and none of us are truly prepared for anything until, of course, a disaster happens to show up on our front door.

How convenient, for the disaster but how inconvenient for us. 

Preparation is a disciple of discipline.  In order to make headway in life one needs to be prepared.  Where do I want to go?  What do I want to do?  How will I get there?  These steps are all part of getting you from point a to point b and these steps work well in good times as well as bad.

Make Preparation a Way of Life.

The Most Astounding Fact - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Revelation"

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