Friday, February 9, 2007

Simple Ordinary Things




This week we had astronauts going rocket ship ballistic and the details really don't matter that much. It was a crazy story but it was certainly fuel for the masses. And of course, this week we had Anna Nicole Smith pass into the abyss which was un fortunate in it self today, the same as a single seargent from Astoria that lost his life in Iran. Neither life is more valuable than the other.
But sometimes these large crazy things pale in comparision to the simple everyday things that surround our lives. Today we were walking on campus and I ran into a tree that had fallen down during a wind storm. As we got closer to the tree, I noticed that the tree was flowering. The flowers were woody and full of life and somehow somewhere there was life in that tree even while lying on its side. It was a simple moment during a busy hectic work day, but it was one I truly enjoyed.




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