Can You Dig It?
Not a drop of rain fell for the next five days, despite the
weather service predictions. My little
pond had a clay bottom and was fed by a tiny spring. The shallows were exposed as the spring dried
up.
“In life, dry times are when you bust the dam or dig,” I
said to Adam, one of the two frogs who lived in the pond. His blank stare told
me he didn’t understand.
“I could give up, break the dam, and let the pond turn to
grass. Instead, I’ll dig out the shallows so they stay wet during the next dry
spell.” Adam continued to stare, frogs being a little slow on the uptake.
“If the good times aren’t flowing, you have to excavate. Couple of examples: when your drinking turns
sour, you have to dig deep to find other things to do. When relationships
falter, you have to dig out the anger, jealousy, selfishness, whatever, if you
want that relationship to deepen. And when a pandemic strikes…” More staring
from Adam.
“The good news is, the more you dig in the dry times, the
more you enjoy life when the good times flow.”
Today
I will dig deep.
Summer with the Slug
Rats © 2020 by Ken Montrose
Summer with the Slug
Rats is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone
you might know is purely coincidental.
Other works by Ken Montrose are available at:
www.greenbriartraining.com https://www.pinterest.com/kenmontrose/mt-rose/
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