Category: Things I Learned Yesterday

Stunningly beautiful and shockingly harsh

Sunrise near Disney World
Yesterday about two miles into a 10 mile run.

 

Residential construction near Disney World
Yesterday about eight miles into a 10 mile run.

 

Yesterday, after spending the typical first two hours of the day before sunrise in writing, reading, and reflection mode, i then proceeded to begin the three-times-a-week run. Yesterday i chose Disney’s Contemporary Resort as the turnaround (midway) point.

The sunrise was glorious as seen in the first photo. As you navigate through the other four blogs, you’ll see and hear how this ordinary day was both beautiful and harsh.

The second photo hints at how long i was out and about for the morning run.

 

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Truth be told

Baby bird on driveway in Florida
First sighting two days ago

 

Close up of bay bird
Final sighting yesterday.

 

Florida landscape
Hawk flew into this tree. Chick was near the chairs.

 

Truth be told, life is brutal.

Life is also brilliantly joyful.

Running out for a quick errand yesterday, the baby bird was back. We saw him the night before and felt sad it was prematurely out of the nest.

Right or wrong i opted to let nature follow its due course, largely because i didn’t see a nest.

Snapped the photos above and turned to walk to the car. Three seconds later, screeching broke out. A hawk picked the baby up from the driveway and flew up into the closest tree and the hysteria ensued.

It lasted a few seconds and then the hawk flew off into the distance.

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What about those mothers?

Mickey and Minnie advent garde art
Motherhood can be art.

 

Big rush on Facebook yesterday for Mother’s Day.

Does anyone else get a surreal feeling while on Facebook? Facebook is really getting weird for me. It runs hot and cold. People tend to share their very best and their very worst, with a little plain vanilla.

  • What about the women who will never be Mothers?
  • What about the women who used to be Mothers, but no longer are?
  • What about the midlifer’s who grew up without a Mother?
  • What about those with Mothers they aren’t close to?

So, for everyone who was reminded that yesterday was Mother’s Day…

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
— Rudyard Kipling

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Fresh eyes see it right away

Four Florida Sand Hill Cranes in street
Fearless, ignorant, or trusting?

 

Fresh eyes see things differently. And they see the difference without even trying.

Why?

Because to them, it’s obvious.

Last night near bedtime, the 14 year old was getting a rare look at these blog posts. Right away he asked why the photo captions weren’t in the photos like they used to be.

He also said, “They look ugly the way you are doing it.”

Today’s posts are back to the old way.

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Are we pathological thinkers?

Love bloggers sign
What’s our first thought when we see a sign like this?

 

Are we pathological thinkers?

Do we have this notion that the well being of others is linked to our personal well being?

While we obviously can’t live someone else’s life, we can be keenly aware of our ability to see the future in a way most others could also see, if only they looked a little more closely, a little more often.

But they either don’t look, or if they do look, it’s a relative, and fleeting glimpse, nothing more.

What is our obligation?

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