FLEETING

 Do you tire of Hero stories?  You have to remember he is my constant companion and watching him while caring for him gives me plenty to think about.  In our new to me home, he has quickly adapted to his new surroundings.  He has a fenced back yard where he can take naps in the sun and roam around and sniff to his heart's content.  There is only one problem---the next door neighbor's cat.  He has spent many an hour staring out the glass door at said cat.  He hates Miss Kitty with a passion--and wants SO BADLY to get to her.  I have run her off more times than I can count, but she has come up with a new torment that is driving him crazy.


She sits on the top ledge of the fence between our yards and naps.  If I happen to let him out, he runs over and puts both front feet on the fence and actually barks (remember he seldom barks due to a throat injury).  He's barking, spitting, and puffing--and in general having a fit wanting to get to that cat.  She will slowly open her eyes, as if to say---WHAT? and look down at him with great disdain.  I get the feeling she is thinking---"Go away, Boy, you bother me."  (you do remember Foghorn Leghorn telling Egghead, Jr. this?).  She takes great delight in dangling on the top of that fence, knowing she is out of harm's way, and driving Hero up the wall--literally.  He's all in a huff and she is cool as a cucumber.

A good analogy with things of this world.  We set our eyes upon something--someone else has--and get all in a huff trying to get it.  Our desire becomes our obsession and we can think of little else.  AND the world---those that "have" what we think we need----they look at us with disdain and turn their head to focus on the next thing they think they have to have.  It is a variable Merry Go Round.  Reminds me of a dog chasing his tail.   We live in a consumer's world.  We spend a lot of time, energy, and our finances "getting" what we think we need.  Only to find--the satisfaction is fleeting--it lasts only until the "next thing" catches our eye.  Here is the thing--about all those things---you will reach a point in your life when you realize---it is all just stuff as my friend Helen says, "Hay & Stubble".  What you once deemed treasure, your kids will give to Goodwill or toss into the trash.  Then---in the final chapters---you realize what was truly important--and it was never keeping up with the cat next door.  Food for thought, Friends, courtesy of Hero and Miss Kitty.

"Things that are seen don't last forever,

but things that are not seen are eternal.

This is why we keep our minds on the things that cannot be seen."

2 Corinthians 4:18


2 comments

  1. I never tire of your Hero stories, Lulu, and the lessons learned from him are priceless. Wonderful advice, too, about not clinging to the world but to God and His promises for our good in His kingdom.
    Blessings!

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    1. Hero is quite the character-"stubborn old man" and he always solicits comments when we are out and about.
      Blessings, Martha!

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