Musing

today’s Musing written and published from south Calgary, near Fish Creek Park

-14C/6F, light fluffy snow swirling, dark overcast - the sky is in a bad mood – Gusta ignores, calmly struts, somehow knowing she will be off to her country club resort kennel in a few hours . . knowing I am going away – she sees the container I’ll load with food sitting on the bench – she doesn’t need to know I’m booked on the red-eye flight to Toronto tonight, she is motivated by a memory of what happens when that container comes out

of little or no consequence – another day, another spin of the earth, another day of water flowing through streams to the ocean only to be recycled by weather to flow again – seems almost like the flow of blood around the body, repetitive, minor erosion of the pathways over time, but little changes

if you don't like the weather - all it takes – a momentary comment, tone of voice, smile or, if you want, the opposite - which will it be?

state of mind can become a state of grace or a stormy state whenever we want it to - mood determines whether or not a workplace, play-place or home-base is happy - it is all about the weather we bring with us; come into a room bringing harsh wind or pleasant breeze, rain drops to nurture or a reign of terror - you set the temperature, control the humidity, decide if it will be stormy?

any morning, beginning matters so much – getting off on the right foot, in the right direction, the right attitude, the right altitude, the right mood, the right lane, right?

am I describing anyone you know, or anyone you see in the mirror - do we give others fair warning of what is to come, do we switch moods depending on what strikes us when we come through a door – do we dress for the weather or do we bring the weather?

I’m going to Toronto, I checked the forecast and found it off-putting; I’ll take clothes for what is predicted – but I’d rather it be nicer, so I’m taking weather with me – if that’s where I’ll be for a few days, I might as well decide that it will be nice

Mark Kolke
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