There’s a certain amount of irony involved in life, you know.
I was reminded of this the other day when I was out working in the Stroll Garden, specifically the “Scree Slope” portion where I have all the sedums and hen and chicks planted. There are wonderful dianthus there too.
Here’s a fairly recent shot of the area, taken from within the Japanese Rock garden.
Truly, it is quite wonderful right now. But if you zero in on the rocks in front of the sedums, you will see that the maples propagated themselves quite nicely this year. There are “helicopters” all over the place.
I spent about an hour and a half out in the area, removing the maple seeds, in addition to cleaning out the leaves that blew in last fall. There were plenty of weeds to pull as well, which is sort of how I justified the rather obsessive compulsive clean-up I was engaged in.
So the irony is I can spend hours hand picking weeds and trash out of a garden, but at the same time pulling my vacuum cleaner out of the closet and running it around the house just seems like too much effort. I am GOING to do that job as soon as I’m done with this post. And I am NOT going to photographically document the grass clippings in the hall that rode in on my bare feet, or the dust kitties under my desk, nor the drifts of Ruby’s fur that have accumulated at the edges of the dining room (spring is shedding season, you know). I shall leave all that to your imaginations.
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I find this ironic too. This was our weather forecast for this area for this day.
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a south wind between 22 and 29 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn’t that pretty much sound like “We don’t think it is going to snow, but we really have no clue as to what is going to happen, so be prepared for just about anything.”
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I found this on Facebook the other day, posted by one of my friends. It struck me as ironic, and wrong headed too.
Karma is a two-way street.
I’m thinking that one ought to look at that statement and contemplate the fact that NO ONE goes through life without hurting anyone. Sometimes it is purposeful, sometimes it is accidental, sometimes it is a knowing thing, and sometimes it is from lack of attention. Sometimes a person who hurts you is lashing out because you have hurt them severely. Lots of scenarios exist here.
So, the question I think one needs to ask is something like, “Who did I hurt that is now watching me be hurt and feeling lucky because God let them watch?”
One can get philosophical here and meditate on the fact that Mass murderers go free, dictators reign seemingly unharmed, nations trample upon other peoples and remain powerful and profitable, Rupert Murdoch and Rush Limbaugh are rich and free. You could wait a Very Long Time to see your nemesis screw up and pay the price. Maybe even a couple of life times.
The other thing that occurs to me is that it is a pretty sick thing to find joy in the pain of others, or to sit by, gleefully rubbing your hands together waiting for them to screw up so you can watch them flounder around.
Perhaps the focus should not be so much on “You hurt me!” but rather on “Who have I hurt?” Perhaps making amends for your OWN transgressions is a better karmic path than sitting back waiting for the axe to fall on someone who you feel has transgressed against you.
Perhaps.
I could be wrong about that. That would be ironic, wouldn’t it?
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Now, I believe I shall deploy my vacuum and maybe even a dust rag. That way, if the tornado develops it will be destroying a nice clean house.
the havens 