Have you forgotten?

  How many of us have forgotten what life is about? Is it just a career, money, striving?  Is it doing something that as the saying goes " do your own thing" to make you happy?  Well how about considering beauty, in the natural world, hearing the birds sing early in the morning, seeing clouds rest gently on mountainside, listening to a rolling brook as evergreen trees sway in   the cool breeze. These are the things that tie us to creation,that  make us part of the natural order.  Vegetable gardening, feeling and smelling earthen dirt that permeates the nostrils.  Realizing that things do come to an end.  We have forgotten the reality of life's ending, by saturating ourselves with constant voice, technology ever at our grasp, ever intruding upon the moments we should regard more carefully. When was the last time you looked skyward, to gaze upon the perfect symmetry of two ducks flying together. The flock of geese in perfect v  flight in harmony with one another. We are not so.  We are fiercely independent. But sadly tied to societal norms, that ebb away at our deep  need for the spiritual and natural rhythms of life.  What we have gained in technology and connectedness in  social media is superficial in comparison to the depth we really need to experience.  Perhaps we need the  Thoreau's and , Emmerson's , to visit upon us with their social perspectives.  Perhaps dis-engaging from all the terror, political shenanigans and bad news will help drive us in a better direction.  Choose life, and all it's abundance that is still free. It can be found, even in the daily moments we must steal, within the framework of our lives.  Peace.