For Better or For Worse

Turn to the left or right, the choice is ours

to make. The bear sniffs its way to the

right place. The eagle flies in the right

direction every time. I watch the ant,

he knows where to go. I should say, he

or she. To the ant it doesn’t matter. It

accepts every turn as the right one to

make. Autopilot is a term raccoons never

learn, but if one pays attention, they don’t

ever seem to lose their way. We humans

would not have come this far without

paying attention to the world around us.

A lion chases down the gazelle and mauls

it for its meal. Just because you shop at

the grocery store in a civilized manner

doesn’t mean you’re not capable of murder.

The choice is yours. I’m praying that both

of us know a better way.

Only we humans have the need to do that.

Chris Hanch 8-15-19