All-Encompassing Gifts

Yesterday, for a couple of hours, I scribed ramblings-of-my-own to be sent to your inbox today.

Halfway through, I found that the premise being promoted to make my point might be incorrect.  In fact, perhaps being so very wrong that a complete 180-degree reversal was required.  I continued to write but with a completely new focus on the examples.  It happens.

And this morning, I now find that yesterday’s efforts are to be delayed or more likely, scrapped altogether. It happens.

While I witnessed the internal debate (to continue or not to continue), I came across this 5-minute Ode to Joy Flash Mob YouTube video.  And with that, the decision was made in full agreement with those in-house adversaries. 

Hole in One

The Hole in One.

Primarily, this is a golf term.  But we use this phrase (or forms of it) for other purposes as well.

In the game of golf, this phrase means that you’re have been able to place a ball with a diameter of 1.68-inches into a 4.25-inch-wide hole located about 700 feet from the tee using a 44-inch-long stick - with only one shot.  That is one amazing feat!  (Sorry. I just liked the feet/feat thing.)

In life, it means you’ve ‘nailed it’ the very first time.  You’re an “Ace” - please take a bow.

I haven’t played golf for quite some time now (a little bit sad, but it’s just too dang hot!) but just like you, I have played at "life" every single day.

I have never accomplished the “hole in one” while playing a game of golf.  However, I have achieved more than a few “eagles” which, for scoring purposes, are ‘like’ the hole in one – just without the one part. 

The Chicken or The Egg

 You'll be excited to hear this.

Today's article is SHORT!

The first explanation for this anomaly: Last week's article was lengthy, and you deserve a break.

The first true reason: I'm a little short on time today because, ta-da, I have family visiting me in Cincinnati!  (My temptation was to include a dozen smiley-faces along with a few hearts and maybe a party horn or two, but I refrained!  I told you I was going to get better at this emoji thing!)

Getting to the matter at hand, then.

"Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?"  

I don't know where you stand on that hot political issue (only because everything is a hot political issue) and I really don't care.

Photo 48853467 / Chicken Egg © Tsekhmister | Dreamstime.com 

The Picture and The One Thousand Words

It happened again. I have no idea where today’s ramblings originated, but I am staying on the path.

“A picture is worth a thousand words”, she said.  I’ve heard this expressed more times than I can count.  I understand it to mean that one could talk (or write) for a very long time and never reach the level of comprehension, love, empathy, joy, sorrow, or even hatred that one well-crafted image will convey.

Think about these random pictures. You probably have hundreds of beautiful photographs in your own image library so any of those would do as well.

When you look at each image, imagine that you took the snapshot.  Think about the feelings experienced and what it would take to describe them to someone else.  

A Simple Faucet

For some reason, I seem to be chastising myself when it comes to “simple things”.  Today, that means washing hands and rinsing dishes.

Fortunate to live in a country where obtaining potable water does not involve a 3-mile walk with a 50-pound container on my head, I have only to pull a shiny, chrome-finished handle.  In the blink of an eye, I am gifted with as much temperature-controlled water as I wish.

Perhaps I am thinking about this more while seeing drought affecting our western states.  I suppose that happens when problems hit closer to home.  Knowing that a billion people in our world are making that 3-mile walk has apparently not made the impact that it should be making.  Shameful.