5/28

Day Two

Much shopping was done today at many different stores around the area. In search of food that falls under the requirements of my gluten-free diet, we managed to acquire some tasty, reasonably-priced things. It was nice going out and shopping, seeing all the things that are different here than my home. Like, the food is sometimes called a different thing, or spelled a different way, or maybe they have different flavours of crisps, or things like that. Overall, it was a good shopping trip, I would like to think.

Once I got home, we unpacked, and I felt like the dogs needed a little attention, for we had been out all day and had left them alone for quite a while. So for a little more than half an hour, that's precisely what I did. But a certain television program came on at four, so I went inside to watch it. It's a funny little game show called Tipping Point. Look it up. And for supper, I went to an Indian restaurant which was exquisite.

Before I went out to play with the dogs, though, I noticed something. I went in the little conservatory with glass windows and just sat down to relax for a moment. Some of the windows were open, and a bee curiously flew in. It kept trying and trying to fly through the glass, over and over, but of course kept failing to exit the room. Every once in a while, it edged toward the opening of the window next to it, but failed to see the opening and returned to its futile attempts at going through the glass. It's a simple, stupid process in nature, but it really made me think. It couldn't possibly be that stupid, could it? Why doesn't it just go out of the open window? It's right there. Me, being the deep-thinker that I am-- at least, I like to call myself that-- I related that to my own life. I keep trying to do something that is futile. Why do I even bother? I could save so much of my time just going with the flow and not going against the grain for my own personal gain. I may not know what I am doing won't work, but others do. And they tell me so. But I may not believe them. This silly little bee almost sparked something inside of me: the willingness to stop getting in my own way. So thank you, nature, for giving me that little bit of inspiration. Let's see where that takes me.