There
are the things we need in life which
we
generally ignore. You know, take the
everyday
spoon and fork, the loose pen
and
rubber bands in the catch-all drawer,
the
light fixture hanging overhead in the
kitchen.
And then, there are those things
we
admire which we will never own—
the
muscular thoroughbred horse with
the
lustrous chestnut coat proudly prancing
in
the holiday parade; the classic ‘57 Chevy,
renewed
to perfection at the annual car show.
Our
lives are mostly made up that way, living
with
the ordinary and mundane; dreaming of
those
wishful and glorious things which more
than
likely will never come to us. Ah, yet we
can
still admire and appreciate the finer things
this
life of our has to offer. Yes, for the most
part
we can say we are satisfied. Pay attention,
albeit
briefly at a glance, to the shiny silverware
you
are using at dinnertime tonight, the cool
satin
feel held between your fingers, the shine.
Is
it not smoothly sublime? And by the way, you
do
not, nor will you ever have the means to stable
a
race horse of your own. This morning I watched
a
brilliantly red cardinal and his unremarkable
brown
mate land on a tree branch in the back
yard.
Their sight and chirping song brought a
smile
to my face. In my imagining, they were
fortunate
indeed, side-by-side, living their ordinary
bird
lives as together they flew away.
Chris
Hanch 1-16-19
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