Wednesday, September 16, 2009

It works

I bought a showerhead at the grocery store on impulse. It went very strategically onto the shelf for the next six months until I noticed it the other day. My current shower hardware spews tiny streams into my eyes and ears all the time. Very irritating experience indeed. So I screwed it off and twisted the new one on. That took at least fifteen seconds. Then something simply shocking happened. It worked! I mean voluminous columns of hot water frothing about my body like a personal car wash were pelting down and if I turned it up it actually hurt. When I got out I was ionized. It was as though a spring thunderstorm had moved through my bathroom and then vanished. I dug out the package to read the part again that said “built in water saver.” I’ll bet I had some of you brewing up an argument about the environment there for a while. Well you can exhale. I even scanned it so that I would have proof. If you still want to send me to enviro-boot camp, then I don’t mind. I’m actually very liberal when it comes to not wanting to toast the planet for my own amusement. I just don’t want to toast the people in the process.



So I got to thinking, “How much other stuff am I missing out on?” I went through the house (the workshop is next) and found all kind of neat gizmos that I was hanging on to. They were just waiting for a friend to play with. They were waiting on me. To notice. To act like it really matters to me if they are around, or should it stay on the shelf until I really need it? The status quo works just fine as long as our needs are met. Well maybe it’s time for a change.



I have adopted that same attitude toward people. They might just be waiting for a playmate. Someone to share. Something old, but new. We mustn’t overlook them like an old car that we take for granted because we know it’s always there. Sometimes people and things just need to find themselves in a new spot, all dusted off and shined up. Then we can begin to have a brand new experience with the people we love. Don’t get me wrong. Just the fact that you exist is enough to satisfy me. But wouldn’t it be nice to actually feel appreciated for a change. Would it make your day to know that you are not just in the way? Someone is actually looking for you. Well it seems rather simple to me. Just notice things and people as you spin your web while busy doing nothing. Then things and people get a lot more interesting.

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