Good morning all. Yes, I hear the gasps of everyone as you realize that I've actually come back to the keyboard. I acknowledge that it has been a while...as so we'll go on from here, OK? It's a beautiful Sunday morning and I've just returned from the patio in my backyard where I enjoyed a rare cup of coffee while watching the sunrise and listening to my small part of the world come to life. What an exhilarating experience! I thought of many of you as a rooster began his day by calling to the world around him. As if on cue a couple of crows awoke and began cawing to each other as they flew off in search of some food. Begging mention are the insect world as they began talking and moving about. WOW!!! It was great. OK, OK. On to the curious title for this chapter.
In the short span of my life I've had the opportunity to "observe" some of it. In the last chapter I mentioned the 'camel' syndrome. Here today, it's about how we humans unknowingly take on a characteristic of the porcupine. It's about how, on a very cold night, a group of porcupines are together. As the night gets colder they begin to move closer to each other for warmth, but alas, as they get close they begin to stick and be stuck with their quills. As a consequence they deliberately move away and isolate themselves so the pain won't be there. At this point the 'pain' isn't there, but alas, once again they find themselves getting cold and alone so they once again move close to the other porcupines for warmth. Again, with the same result, so they once again withdraw to a more pain free environment. As this continues in the course of their night it begins to resemble a weird sort of dance where they're constantly in motion and getting no rest. It occurs to me at this juncture, that we humans are quite like that too. We get lonely so we move in for warmth and companionship, but as the "quills" of other people begin to stick us we withdraw to less painful place. Only to, once again, become isolated and alone, and only to once again, move toward others. It becomes, sadly enough, a lifelong 'dance' for some people because they never seem to figure out how to overcome this behavior. Now, before anyone asks, I don't have anyone specific in mind. Well, maybe a few names come to the fore, but I, of course, will not mention them. Allow me to say, however, that there is a better way to live. There is a way to live life not in the 'dance' mode. OK, enough on this posting but there will be more forthcoming. (and not so long this time). ........And so it goes........
