When you were a very young child, before society gave you all kinds of baggage to carry (mentally), you were euphorically joyful, deeply inquisitive, and full of bliss. Then you felt eternal, timeless, and profound, and you were not concerned about death, religion, politics, or how to climb a ladder of success. But they loaded you up with the baggage that they had accumulated (and concomitantly, a lot of the real beauty of life dissipated in consciousness over time). Perhaps you can do yourself a real favor and perceive again (without depending on any accumulated baggage). Perceive without all of their concepts weighing down upon you. Without all of the psychological baggage, perhaps you can be young and full of joy and living magic again.
Clinging to Easy Substance … Photo by Thomas Peace c.2023
My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
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Tom, what kind of dragonfly is that? I found my first one ever two days ago – amazing those back wings – wonderful photo – needless to say – wonder is reality in nature – today it was the flowers and now the evening light!…
Hi Sara, it’s not a dragonfly; it’s a Mayfly. I live on a river and that is why there are a lot of Mayflies here. Mayflies lay their eggs in water and the underwater form, called nymphs, can live for a few years. The adult (out of water) form only lives around 24 hours at most and some live for a much shorter time than that. The adult form (as shown in the photo) cannot (and does not) eat; its digestive tract is filled with air. The sole purpose of the adult form is to mate. Even though they are called Mayflies, the adult forms can occur throughout spring into autumn. 😊
Tom, I’m convinced that today’s kids are not as carefree as we once were – society has made young folks into angst-ridden mini-adults. I was listening to a health report feature today about watching your teens while they are on Summer vacation to ensure they do not become depressed from too much screen time … heck, even as teenagers, we were out riding our bikes, walking places, never inside the house during Summer vacation. Maybe I was not hitting the books, but instead, per my parents’ wishes, I was “making myself useful.” I thought this was a dragonfly, but as I scrolled down to comment, I see it is a Mayfly. I didn’t realize their wings were veined like that – without the macro lens, they merely looked translucent to me. Amazing! It is Mayfly time already? I was at the River last Saturday and didn’t see any of them here … yet.
In this rotten society, even kids are being corrupted earlier and earlier.
Mayflies pop out at sporadic random times around here; it depends on weather conditions. 😉
Yes, it is an unkind world for sure Tom – I don’t like what I see anymore. We should have our share of Mayflies soon. When I worked at the diner, many moons ago, the diner was painted white and open 24/7. When I came to work in the morning for that 10 or so “mayfly days” the diner would be covered in them. My manager would run outside trying to sweep them all done and worried they would go into the diner and freak people out. 🙂
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And children are naturally in the moment. As one teacher said, all young children are Buddhas.
Yes, Lou, and the historical Christ allegedly said to be like little children. 😊
Tom, what kind of dragonfly is that? I found my first one ever two days ago – amazing those back wings – wonderful photo – needless to say – wonder is reality in nature – today it was the flowers and now the evening light!…
Hi Sara, it’s not a dragonfly; it’s a Mayfly. I live on a river and that is why there are a lot of Mayflies here. Mayflies lay their eggs in water and the underwater form, called nymphs, can live for a few years. The adult (out of water) form only lives around 24 hours at most and some live for a much shorter time than that. The adult form (as shown in the photo) cannot (and does not) eat; its digestive tract is filled with air. The sole purpose of the adult form is to mate. Even though they are called Mayflies, the adult forms can occur throughout spring into autumn. 😊
Tom, I’m convinced that today’s kids are not as carefree as we once were – society has made young folks into angst-ridden mini-adults. I was listening to a health report feature today about watching your teens while they are on Summer vacation to ensure they do not become depressed from too much screen time … heck, even as teenagers, we were out riding our bikes, walking places, never inside the house during Summer vacation. Maybe I was not hitting the books, but instead, per my parents’ wishes, I was “making myself useful.” I thought this was a dragonfly, but as I scrolled down to comment, I see it is a Mayfly. I didn’t realize their wings were veined like that – without the macro lens, they merely looked translucent to me. Amazing! It is Mayfly time already? I was at the River last Saturday and didn’t see any of them here … yet.
In this rotten society, even kids are being corrupted earlier and earlier.
Mayflies pop out at sporadic random times around here; it depends on weather conditions. 😉
Yes, it is an unkind world for sure Tom – I don’t like what I see anymore. We should have our share of Mayflies soon. When I worked at the diner, many moons ago, the diner was painted white and open 24/7. When I came to work in the morning for that 10 or so “mayfly days” the diner would be covered in them. My manager would run outside trying to sweep them all done and worried they would go into the diner and freak people out. 🙂
Enter the logic within.