Most of the time, I am caught up in my little life, going from task to task, doing all those things I have to do. And, of course, when I have some free time, I then hang out on the couch with Eddie, either reading or watching tv.
But every once in a while, something manages to drag me out of my little world, out into the big, wide, beautiful world around me. Yes, there are many times, in fact maybe most of the time, I really don't have a fully conscious appreciation of the world around me. At least, not as much as I should. Take today, for instance. I lay in bed as long as I could, until I had just enough time to take a shower before getting Eddie up for the day. I did have a productive day, however. I cleaned and disinfected Eddie's castle (he has a very large cage), which is more than a two hour job. After eating, I did my laundry, and ran the errands I had to get done. After that, I hung out with Eddie, finished reading a book, and watched a little tv. Not a bad day, but nothing earth shaking about it.
But then I had one of those moments.
I usually start getting Eddie ready for sleep around 9 pm. One of the first things I do is clean the husks (the shells from the seeds he eats) out of his food dish. I do this outside my front door. Tonight, when I went out there, it was twilight. And it was one of the most beautiful evenings I can remember ever seeing. There was still a little light in the sky, and the sky itself was an amazing shade of purple. There were these little white wispy clouds floating in it. And the sky was all I could see, because it was much brighter than anything else I could see.
For a moment, a moment that seemed to last much longer than it did, a moment I could have lived a life in, I forgot my little life completely. I was reminded how big the world is. A world spinning through space, in a huge galaxy, with a star at it's center. For a moment, there was nothing more important than this glorious vision.
It's those brief moments, that make life so completely worth being alive for.
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