life is such a crazy and beautiful thing. a lot of people think death is like black and white, but it really isn't. a tree dies, like it gets cut down or something. there's still a sapling that can sprout from next to it, and take form right by the old life. from old death new life comes anew. is what my insightful and wise statement is.
but anyway, things are really awesome. there's so much life and beauty in every ordinary thing, and we never see it because we make life a habit. every now and then you should take a moment to dehabitualise your life, 'stop and smell the roses' so to speak.
also, i befriended a horse that doesn't really like men normally. i came over with two pears and a handful of hay, (yesterday) intending to make him my friend. he reluctantly took the first pear, extending his neck to my hand then quickly snapping it away once he got the pear. the second one though, he stayed there and seemed less on edge. then i started feeding him the hay, and at that point i got up beside him and scratched him while he ate. after a bit he was completely off in a blissful daze, droopy lips and everything.
something i thought was funny about the horse encounter was that after i was leaving and he was going back to eating grass, he was trying to eat but couldn't because he kept yawning. (yawning in horses is a sign that they're really relaxed and happy.)
i also fed some kingparrots that come around our house. usually they don't eat the seed if we're out there, but this time i sat down by a table and put some seed on it (the table). they were reluctant at first, but after a bit they were chirping and clicking at me beautifully. one of them even ate from my hand! and this is only the first step into befriending the local bird community.
but back to the topic, i really love things. big things, little things. normally i don't leave town often, but i went into the city and ran into an old friend! he's been doing good, he was filming a photography video. i did a funny bit where i was like a pedestrian he was interviewing, and i said some meaningless rambling then ate the camera. it was a good time overall, small word you know. i think it's really kind that we would meet again, and hang out again.
life is beautiful. trees are awesome. nature is interconnected in a way, and mushrooms are there too. mushrooms are cool, they decompose dead matter for nutrients! i'm just really fucking stoked on how everything in the world has come to be. it's all so beautiful in an interconnected web kind of thing, and nobody sees it like i do enough.
tl;dr: go out and appreciate things
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