Thought for the Day 8/14/2020
Friday Tale - See the Trees. I lived in Alabama on a half-acre lot blessed huge oak trees that were 40 feet in diameter. They were HUGE! The house was laid out such that every bedroom faced the backyard. Each bedroom had a large picture window. The view was breathtaking. I enjoyed just looking at the trees. In the fall I would identify a particular leaf that was falling and watched it for what seemed liked 5 minutes before it fell to earth. One day I invited this married couple over to enjoy the view from the bedroom window. I took them into the bedroom and excitedly pointed to the trees out of the window and exclaimed, "just look"! After about 20 seconds there was no comment from the couple. I however, noticed a big frown on the woman's face. I said, "What's wrong". She was reluctant to reply. ...