I am getting a late start. I wasn't
sure I was going to blog. I had to fix a hose this Morning. We were
at a family reunion yesterday. [more about that later] When we got
home, found the water pressure in the house was low. Jamie checked
the hydrant; water was flowing through the hose, going out to the
shed, where we have the chicks. We have a hydrant on our well, with a
manifold, that has hoses attached going four different ways. Every
Spring, after the danger of freezing is over, we leave the hydrant
handle up in the 'on' position and shut the water off at the
manifold. Some of the hoses are old, some may be leaky, so I always
make sure the the water is turned off when I am done with it. I
always check it before I go to bed at night and before we go
somewhere.
The last thing I did yesterday, before
leaving for the reunion, was to water the chicks. I forgot to turn it
off and I didn't check it before getting into the car. The connection
on the end of the hose is, an after factory replacement, that I made
over ten years ago. It popped off under the water pressure. I don't
know how long the water was running, but I suspect several hours. No
harm done, that I can tell, but I was pretty bummed out. Not so much
for the error, we make those; but, for the fact that I was fussing in
my mind in a worrying sort of way about the security of things. I
felt like I created the experience with my worrying mind. Whether, I
did or not, there are no accidents and I need to practice what I
preach; worrying is a useless activity. It never does anything but
rob us of our peace. Thoughts are powerful and we don't want to
contribute to creating what we don't want.
Fortunately, most of those busy mind
type thoughts are cancelled out by opposing busy mind type thoughts.
However, it is time, we [me] paid more attention to not having
thoughts, we do not want to see manifested. A good place to start is
to see the silliness of worrying.
Well the necessity to fix the hose got
me outside to discover what an absolutely gorgeous day it is! It was
cool early on; the day started with temperatures in the fifties F.
The Sun was bright and unimpeded, by not even the wisp, of a cloud.
And.........the big and.......there were no mosquitoes.
Come to think of it, there were no
mosquitoes at the reunion yesterday. The family reunion was comprised
of, the descendants and their mates, of my Grandparents, George and
Odila Warren. There was quite a large turn out and it was fun to see
all those cousins, nieces, nephews etc. I rarely get to see. Some I hardly recognized,
others have the family resemblance firmly stamped on their features.
All are a little older. Funny how others get older while we stay the
same. I was the oldest one there. I do have an Aunt who is three
years older, she lives in Ohio, it is too far for her to drive. I am
the oldest male on both sides of the family.
My younger brother was commenting on
the changing weather patterns and saying we are now into Autumn. I
was seeing that this Morning and feeling a little melancholy. It
wasn't a bad feeling. It made me appreciate more what was going on
around me. Time is moving rapidly and that is okay.
I think that is enough stuff for a
person who wasn't sure he was going to blog.
Have a wonderful day and let us make
an end to worry. All we need to do is love each other.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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