Blinders

Do you remember in "Gone With The Wind" when Rhet Butler was getting Scarlet out of a burning Alanta during the Civil War, he put a cover over the horse's eyes so it wouldn't shy from the flames? Do you remember in the "Jack The Ripper" movies how the blinders on the side of the horses eyes limited their pe-rip-heral vision to prevent them from being distracted as the drivers negotiated the narrow, dark, shadowy streets of London? Do you remember when Benjamin Franklin invented the eye glasses? These glasses proceeded to give multitudes of people better vision. Let's say perfect vision. How shall we analyze this? How do you see life? Do you listen to others and form your opinions? Maybe you read a book or newspaper, and after all, it is in print it must be so method. Perhaps you need to see it first hand before you make a decision. Let's hope you don't form all your opinions from television. Do you think for yourself? Do you consider both sides of the story? Can you tolerate anyone who disagrees with your views? Can you work through differences with others with patience and understanding. Do you have patience and compassion for yourself and others? Are you judgemental? Are you quick to criticze others? Do you get angry when someone tries to push their opinions on you? Are you like a trickling stream that gently flows through life or like rapids the hit and bounce off of rocks damaging there surroundings with reckless abandon? How well do you see life? Do you fool yourself? Are you happy in your soul, spirit and heart? What blinders have you aquired so far. Has someone or something thrown the cover over your eyes? Do you have blinders? Yes. Love your neighbor as yourself. If you don't love yourself start there. Be content where you are, but, don't stop trying to be better. God loves you just the way you are. That doesn't mean you can't improve. Make everyday better for yourself and all those about you. Smile. Could this not be fun? Above all be patient and listen. We are all works in progress. What a challenge. How good can it get? "If thou wilt leave the past to itself, entrust the future to providence, and content thyself with conforming the present to holiness and justice," Marcus Aurelius, you will be well on your way. Not an easy task for those caught in the rapids. Gypsy and I are in the riffles somewhere. Gypsy and I watched the angel patterned lace curtains on the bathroom window sill of the cabin blow in the breeze. We heard the raindrops fall gently on the metal roof. We watched some ants skitter accross our kitchen counter last night in the dim cabin light. The wind whistled around the cabin widows, left open to allow the humid night air to visit us while we sleep. Summer is coming to the cabin Gypsy brought me her first tick of the season. The chiggers are relentless. We tell ourselves that this is ok, because they were here before we were. It,s not much help. Life holds the good, the bad, and the ugly. What are we to do with it? (Cabin Hill Country Wisdom) From the life rich cabin crew Cara, Gypsy, Rhubarb, Stella and Sam, Jane Doe and the Brassy Bunch