May 19, 2003 2:06 P.M.

*Non Sequiturs?

* �A thought that has no relevance to what preceded it� (Webster)

Another peaceful moment in Descanso Gardens by the Lilly Pond.

I had one of those rare mornings today. I woke up feeling GREAT!

This just doesn�t happen to me which you already know if you have read my entry of April 23. I went to bed at my usual 11:30 P.M. (before you lecture me, please read the previously referenced entry!)�and I MUST have slept like a baby. Because when I awoke around 8:30, I resisted the usual pangs of guilt for sleeping later than those in the working world, and said to myself, �this is what retirement is all about. You have wanted to sleep-in for years. Enjoy it!� (I have this �guilty" thing�well, that�s another subject. Actually, I dealt with that one too, in my entry of April 3.) I felt rested, the bed felt smooth, cool and inviting. I just wanted to wiggle my toes and stretch out between the sheets. There were no early morning allergy attacks, no aches or pains, no stiffness, and there was a modicum of energy! Amazing! The sun was shining outside, and the temperature - in the low 70�s. Doesn�t get much better than that! So I got up, dressed, made my bed(!), fixed a mug of hot coffee, opened up the windows of the house and�went out for a half hour walk.

I thought I had better write about this, because tomorrow, I won�t believe it ever happened.

I have a quirky mind. It picks up on a word, ..a sentence�or a brief concept�in the midst of a conversation with someone, or when hearing a speaker�or, as you know, in broadcasts or telecasts. My mind grabs one single thought or concept, and I am off on a tangent, extrapolating a whole �teaching� from it (I am a frustrated teacher of philosophical thought. �NO KIDDING!�, you say.) But that is why I am full of non sequiturs. And I love to share them. (Share them or lose them, I say�.)

And that is a great segue into this.

Yesterday was Sunday. A minister was talking about how Jesus continued to teach his followers everything He knew, as long as He was with them. (Well, personally, I doubt that He taught everything HE knew�they couldn�t have taken that in�), but the concept is, that He continued to impart His knowledge to them, until He was gone.

And my mind took off on that; I don�t remember the rest of the sermon.

I was going in all directions in my thoughts, dealing with the importance of imparting whatever of value we have�consistently and faithfully�as long as we are here. It may be knowledge or understanding. It may be artistic giftedness�it may be an ability to love. Whatever.

I almost feel like we should someday enter the doors of death empty handed, - because we have given it all away! Otherwise, it will be lost forever. Perhaps that is what I am trying to do with this journal. Impart my thoughts. I certainly have that in abundance,�whether I am right or wrong.

A friend of mine was fishing in Jackson Hole, WY last year, when another friend went swimming past his boat. He caught this great shot.

Thanks for reading!

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