5/17/2023 1 Comment Something there is... I wasn't quite sure why my friend was reluctant; our task was simple: Pick-up and bag the pine needles and conical swirlies scattered all over the ground so I could locate the delicate dichondra undergrowth and help it along. She seemed to be having trouble displacing the surly black bug that had just surfaced from under a small stone.
"I'm not sure I can do this," she confided; "I'm harming so many living beings." I scooped up a handful of earth and the bug along with it and gently tossed both onto a small terrace two feet below. "Their lives are a series of unforeseen displacements. It'll be okay." I grinned a bit and left it at that, sufficiently at peace with it as a borderline solution, even knowing in my heart of hearts that hers was the higher, albeit unsustainable ground given the sanctity of life and the sheer number of insects on earth. I don't know whether she was able to buy into that justification. Protecting life is a tenet of her faith and mine, although one of us would probably be less inclined to couch it in those exact terms. Still, I can sustain a modicum of moral ground as I walk this earth: I can take no life; I can cover the water bucket so the little ones don't jump in. Anyway, it's a start. And why not, since I'm out there in the garden shade mainly to learn how to love. Anonymous. June, 2023.
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