enjoy life

get back on again and let yourself feel the wind

a couple getting out of their car taking a cat into their house. They’d just adopted Opie at a shelter. Opie’s about 4 years old, is not a beautiful boy, he is missing one eye, and one ear is tattered. He got fixed, chipped, and they said he is a gentle guy. Opie is one lucky fella.

dog and a dog park, an energetic little boy not yet 2 1/2, blue skies, fresh air, running & laughing.

Dogs & toddlers – so easy to entertain, easy to please, but still so gratifying to know they enjoy my company, too.

what seems like an ETERNITY of clouds & rain, and more rain, and downpours, and then cloudbursts, then more rain, THE SUN IS OUT AND IT FEELS SOOOO GOOOOOODDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!

or not to people

that is the question.

why do so many people seem to act as if the simple tasks of daily life are meant to be viciously won competitions? chill, people!

I don’t enjoy life. I don’t allow myself to enjoy it as much as I could. A negativity virus sneaks in behind things I enjoy to spoil things sometimes. At the dog park, I see & really enjoy watching the dogs having a great time. Then the virus reminds me about all the pets in cages in shelters & pet mills & the ones being abused. WTF? Yeah, that goes on, too, but since I can’t stop that all over the world, just let me enjoy watching these wonderful, happy, friendly dogs right NOW, eh?

In some movie or interview or something, I think it was Woody Allen who said something like he can’t really enjoy sitting down to a very nice meal knowing that people are out there starving. That puts a crimp into his ability to enjoy it.

I guess I can be like that, & I’d rather be able to maintain an awareness of others’ needs so I can contribute to improving the world within my reach, but also being able to enjoy, value, & appreciate the moment as much as possible.