I have a greeting card that I mean to send to someone but always forget...it's one of those where an old 1950's picture has an out-of-context caption. A pie is being pulled out of the oven, the baker clearly showing off her goods to someone else, and it says "Funny, I don't remember asking your opinion."
If you ever get through this stage of life (and maybe you have) there are folks who have been down that road before, and they dispense advice. Some of it is noteworthy, but more often than not it's re-assuring. That's really what anyone needs. But then there are others, desperate for a new life, who would love to take over yours. They'd like you to know what they would do if they were you. Because you'd immediately do it, right? You'd take unsolicited "advice" and just run with it?
We shun man-made tripe around these parts...either with un-returned messages or polite smiles and then we leave the area. It's because in a world that we let become complex, I continue to crave simplicity.
All we were doing was sitting in a park. There were cares, of course, but we knew it was a window with no cares...and we just laid out there. Under a tree. And we looked up...and that was it.
"Look at all this stuff up there. What do you think of all this? That's a pretty big tree. You know, sometime soon, you and me will plant a tree. And you'll get bigger. And you'll start to think that the tree will never get as big as you. Then one day you'll come home and see the tree is much bigger than you. Someone did that when I was young, and you can do it. Isn't it nice they did that? We get to sit under this big tree."
This description was met with odd vocal sounds, hopping legs, and giggles. I can only hope she understood what she can considering the circumstances. We saw the doggies...we saw butterflies...sitting in the shade. I couldn't ask for much more without it becoming complicated and expensive. Too busy living it up to wonder what people think we "should be doing" today.
And hell, I got a t-shirt from Smiley that said I'm more fun when I'm drunk.
When you're in Dealville, it's all about finding gold as you know. But it's what you do with it that makes the difference.
