A Soulful Journey

  "We cannot know who first discovered water, but we can be sure it was not the fish."   Santanaya or Einstein Sometimes it is the most obvious things in the world that escapes our attention.  Look around and you might be surprised by what you have missed.

There are two young fish swimming and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way. The older fishing nods to the two young fish and says, “Good morning boys. How is the water?” The two young fish swim on for a bit and eventually one looks to the other and says, “What the heck is water?” -David Foster Wallace Take  nothing  for  granted .  Be aware of who you are,  what you are  and what you have.

Two acquaintances were sitting in a restaurant.  The first ate fish while the other consumed a portion of ham.  The s ame one then asked for a drink of liquor and so he called, "The fish wants to swim." The waiter understood immediately and brought him a drink. The other man, thinking how clever that interchange was, called out, "The pig wants to drink." Did this ever happen to you when you wanted to be clever but instead "stepped in it?"  Moral: Don't be clever.  Just be you.

As you read the following story, as yourself: Is this a good story or bad one? Russell Baker decided this would be a "good idea" spring.  It was a time of love, crocuses, life, and planting.  He put in a fish pond in his back yard.  Russell sat and watched as his 12 fish swam lazily around.  He passed nay evening like that.  About a week later the water beams dark so he put in a filter.  Again, he sat and watched as the fish turned lazily about.  He fed them and watched their mouths pucker and such in mouthfuls of food.  About a week passed before the water began to grow cloudy again.  So Russell brought a frog to his pond.  The frog spat water and was a lovely fountain.  The frog sat on top of a brick.  It looked real and spat rings of water into the fish pond.  But mosquitoes gathered so Russell sprayed.  Then the frog turned a dark chartreuse.  It looked diseased.  So Russell bought water lilies and the ...