Choices...
It’s gloomy today, the aftermath of a very rainy 24 hours. Allan says we had an inch and three quarters in our rain gauge. I had a Mount Horeb customer in today who said she had four inches of rain and some Monroe customers that had a total of six inches. Wow!
We needed a good shower for all things that grow, flowers that delight us with their beauty, trees that shade us and more importantly, for the crops that feed us. That’s the farmer’s daughter in me, thinking about rain for the crops.
Life is like that isn’t it, so many different things taking on more or less importance to you than the next person. For example, for a lot of us, family is the most important thing, but there are those who for many different reasons, choose to hold their family at “arm’s length” or maybe never see them at all. (I’m not passing judgement on anyone, just making an observation.) Some people love their pets so much, they consider them family. Others think pets are fine but don’t have any inclination towards having one. There are some people who put their careers before anything or anyone.
I love flowers and Allan likes our yard to always be well maintained, so we spend hours on our yard but lots of folks don’t care one hoot about flowers, keeping their yard cut or having their surroundings clear of junk. That’s their choice. Lots of people think we’re crazy because we are in the process of renovating another house. We talked about building a new home once. We “almost” bought a newer home once. Both times we decided against it. Again, a choice.
That’s what life is….a series of choices, some life-changing, some pretty important and some (like long grass and junk in your yard) that make absolutely no difference in the end, no matter what’s important to you or who you are…k
June 10, 2015