One of Those Days!

Heavenly Blue Morning Glory

Today started out so promising, a beautiful morning glory morning, sunny but cool, just the perfect weather day--I had a mental list of things to accomplish and early on  I was moving right along, cleaned the kitchen      walked the dog, made a loaf of cranberry nut bread, did some reading, then tried to decide what to do next; I had piles of bills and correspondence that needed sorting and filing, a lost object needed to be found,  some bills to be paid, etc, etc--Somehow I just got all a twitter and couldn't decide what was my first priority, the more I thought about it, the more twitterpated (Baby Bird's word) I got and found myself going round and round trying to accomplish something--Everything I tried seemed to go awry and that added to my confusion and frustration! I told myself to just give up, relax, read a good book and try again tomorrow, but I continued to feel flustered about my lack of progress--At the end of the day, all I accomplished was walking the dog, making cranberry bread, cleaning the kitchen, did a little reading and made dinner! I should have just gone back outside and enjoyed the Morning Glories--It was just one of those days!

  

                                                           TWITTERPATED:

                                                      In a state of nervous excitement
                                                      Infatuated or obsessed

    

Can It Be Karma?

                                                             WAS IT KARMA?
                                    
Two similar definitions of Karma:
 
Karma means action, work or deed it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering                                                                                            

The idea of karma, the belief that the actions people do garner a positive or negative reaction in this life or the next, exists in the Eastern religions Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. All three believe that what people do returns to them, and that the current state of their lives reflects their actions from previous lives.


On October 28, 2014 I wrote about a parking lot accident where someone backed into me as I was leaving the parking lot--at the time of the accident we exchanged names and phone numbers and the husband of the woman who was driving the car told me to get two estimates and they would pay for the damages out of pocket (my mistake was accepting that), however when they received the estimates and they were higher than he expected, their car suddenly had damage as well (who's fault was that) and their insurance company advised them that parking lot accidents were almost always 50/50 responsibility of both parties--If we were both backing out opposite each other that would be so, but I was driving forward on my way out of the parking lot and they backed into me. We were at a stalemate and I filed a claim with my insurance, paid my $500 deductible and had my car fixed. But I wanted the other insurance to pay the claim and I wanted the return of my $500 deductible. Months dragged on and the other insurance refused to pay the claim so my insurance company sent it to another department, one that pursues this type of claim and eventually the whole issue went to Arbitration on July 17th. Approximately two weeks later I received a check for $500 from my insurance! Apparently the Arbitrator decided in my favor. Is it Karma? I don't know but I was very glad to be able to return that $500 to my savings account!!

I admit that I was glad that Karma seemed to have worked in my favor, but wonder, am I being petty, unforgiving or vengeful? I did say at the time they refused to give me their insurance company information,  "what goes around, comes around"! Is it wrong to be happy that I was proved right and their insurance was forced to pay the claim (probably resulting in higher premiums for people them)? Or is the universe just righting a wrong?

                                               How people treat you is their karma;
                                                how you react is yours--Wayne Dyer                                                                                                                            
                                                                           or  
                   
  I'm a great believer in karma, and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me-- Beth Ditto                                                           
                                             

Saved?

                                                                 DID I SAVE IT?

                       
                                                               

This week I have been caring for a neighbors dog while they are on vacation; we were in the yard playing "catch" with a tennis ball when a beautiful, large Swallowtail Butterfly crossed paths with the running dog  As improbable as it seems, they must have collided and the butterfly fell to the grass--it was feebly fluttering it's wings and I raced to save it from the jaws of the dog who wanted to make an appetizer out of it  I managed to head the dog off and tried to scoop up the butterfly but it fluttered out of my grasp, only skimming across the grass for a short distance, coming to rest again a few feet away--  Again I tried to gently pick it up and again it flitted a few feet away, I continued to try to pick it up to keep it from the dog--finally I managed to get my hands under it and cautiously lift it up to rest on the top rail of the backyard fence  There it remained, not moving for about 10 minutes  I went in the house but kept peaking out the window to see if it had moved but it remained there during that time I had an appointment to keep and needed to get ready to leave  As I left the house I looked one more time and found  it was gone--When I returned from my meeting and lunch I decided that I should check the ground on the other side of the fence and the bush beside it to see if the beautiful butterfly was anywhere around I scoured the ground and the lilac bush next to the fence but found no evidence of it  Did I save it? Was it stunned and after recovering from the shock, fly away and continue to show off its beauty? Was it snapped up by another predator while it sat motionless on the fence?  From what I have been able to learn on Internet searches the Swallowtail does not have a long lifespan, but my hope is that it recovered from the shock of the collision with the dog and lived out the remainder of its short life