Enjoy the Good Times

Hold fast to the memories, preserve life’s real treasures

We should all enjoy the good times in life to the max. Each one is a different and unique experience, not to be overlooked.

Don’t let them slip-slide through your hands like grains of sand on a beach, surf pounding on the shore only to recede, or take any occasion for granted.

Treasure these moments, cherish them, exult in them!

Let the memories of that one special moment in time become a permanent part of your database, your mental scrapbook, your exultation preserved in time like a fly in amber.

We can all find joy in the little things, the daily moments of life where we can reaffirm our beliefs, savor the experience, and validate our existence.

For many, it is as simple as working in your garden, feeling and smelling the fresh dirt in your hands as you express yourself through your labors of planting, cultivation, and satisfaction in watching the flowers bloom.

There is a simple but joyous connection to not only your private life in your backyard but also the world at large. You feel connected to something greater than yourself, larger than life.

Invisible threads of satisfaction bind you to and with your garden, and you are both the better for it.

Symbiosis is a two-way street, and both parties benefit. You are mutually engaged in close physical contact.

Do plants dream?

We will probably never know for sure, but some recent research indicates they do, on some level we are not quite familiar with.

Plants definitely communicate with each other as well as those who care for them.

This is a well-established fact. Some people have green thumbs and their plants respond in kind by flourishing because of these tender, loving ministrations. They respond to music, too.

Some studies indicate plants even dream about their present environment and possible future alternatives. I find this fascinating and noteworthy.

If true, it would force us to extend our recognition of sentience itself.

Everybody knows that dogs and cats are specially tuned into their keeper’s habits and patterns, and communicate with each other as well.

They know when it’s walk time, they know when it’s playtime, they know when we are hurt and need consolation.

No pet owners ever doubt this obvious fact. Communication with our pets is a fact of life we all grow up with.

It is one of the main reasons people take on the stewardship of these animals. They consider themselves pet parents, caregivers, or keepers.

One thing is sure, you may live alone and yet never feel lonely if you have a loving, mutual relationship with your pets.

When we are lost, dogs and cats are quick to sense it and respond to it.

When we are ready to play, so are they.

When they hurt themselves, they expect us to feel their pain.

This goes back as far as the legend of Androcles, from Aesop’s Fables.

It refers to the story that Androcles, a runaway slave, finds a lion in the forest in pain, and helps him by removing a thorn from his paw.

Later Androcles is recaptured and as a punishment is designated to be fed to the lions in the arena.

But he is faced with the same lion he helped in the forest, who greets him in a friendly fashion and refuses to attack him.

Seeing this, the Emperor responds to the roar of the crowd and frees both of them. All beings communicate with each other on some level.

Fact, fable, or imaginary myth? What do you think?

Sporting victories on the biggest stage like the World Cup or the Super Bowl, going to concerts with our besties to see our favorite bands, and seeing our children graduate are all thrills that cannot be bought.

There is a certain joy in realizing and accepting that the best things in life are free, money isn’t everything, and that true love is worth seeking.

Sometimes, the simplest things are right in front of us.

It’s just up to us to notice and appreciate them at the time, and preserve them in our memories as the years roll on.

Life is about special moments and cherished memories. We are all connected…