Good Morning and Happy Friday! I really don't have any real photos for today...used them all up in the last couple of posts, so I guess I'll have to just make up something! LOL. Actually, my mind started going this morning on Facebook when first of all I saw this video:
Video of Bear and the mirror. This link will take you to a video that was on Facebook of a bear who sees himself in the mirror and thinks it's another bear. I hope you can open it, because it really is funny. The person who posted it said that's how he feels every morning when he looks in the mirror. It's a good one.
The other video I watched was this one:
It's well worth the viewing, especially the song by all of those "stars" from days gone by. If you grew up in the 50's and 60's and even the 70's like I did, you will recognize these people and I bet it will bring a tear or two to your eyes like it did mine. Take a few minutes to watch and enjoy. It might even give you "goosebumps". It also made me wonder how many of our so-called Hollywood Stars today would be willing to sing "God Bless America". Sadly, I fear not that many of them. But I want to keep this in a positive note.
But the photo that got me thinking was this one:
Photo used by permission
Just a simple photo of an airplane that my husband's distant cousin Lisa Steiner Schalago posted on her Facebook page. She also had some lovely pictures of the clouds over her home in New Jersey this morning. Lisa always tries to start the day with a positive and encouraging thought to get us up and going. I appreciate her encouragement to "be kind" to others, which is a wonderful reminder and great way to start our day. But in this post of the airplane she made the statement, "I wonder where the airplane is coming from". And I commented the following:
"I always wonder about airplanes going over us, where they are going to or coming from, and who's on there, and are they looking down at us as we look up at them...and just think, they are the same size as we are but they look so tiny way up there in the sky, and we are the same size as they are, but I am sure we look tiny to them. Sometimes I wave at them, and I wonder if they are waving back! Added note: I also say a prayer for those people up there in that plane, that they reach their destination safely."
Some other people made some similar and thoughtful comments as well. Got me to thinking...what do you think when you see an airplane going overhead? Do you ever wonder about the people on there? I know when I am up in a plane and looking down on the earth I often think about the people in those tiny little houses and buildings and cars and I wonder if they are noticing us flying way up there in the skies...and do they ever wave at us or pause to even think about who might be on that plane? It's mind boggling to me to think that there are sometimes 100-200 or more souls up in that airplane overhead, all with plans for their day...some all excited about going on vacation, others on business trips, or perhaps others traveling to see a loved one who is ill or may be dying. This may be the last time they will see that person, and it is weighing heavily on their minds as they travel. I know, I've been there before. I shared about one such trip here not long ago. I'd love to hear your thoughts about what you think when you see an airplane overhead or when you are riding in one. We truly never know just what other people on that plane may be thinking about, do we? Just like people we meet in the grocery store or the mall or other public places. I like Lisa's admonition to always "Be Kind".
The last "word picture" in my mind today occurred as we were taking a ride to our walking place this morning, and we passed the high school and middle school buildings, which are now closed for the summer. My first thought was, "Oh, those halls are quiet now, and the classrooms are empty. I bet the janitors are busy cleaning the floors and the building is starting to smell all clean like disinfectant and floor wax. " I remember how strange it felt as a child when we would go to visit the school building in the summer for any reason...to get our new schedules or go to the office for some matter, and it always seemed so weird that no one else was there. It smelled and looked so different. Do you remember how fresh and clean the school building was when you started back to school in the fall? It took a lot of work to get it that way and to try and keep it that way once school started back. Our school janitors have a difficult job that is often not appreciated as much as it should be.
This is a picture of my old High School, the way it looks now. Really not much different than it was over 50 years ago, when I last attended there.
Well, I guess I need to go so I can get this posted. Just thought you'd like to know what I was thinking about today. Maybe it will stir up some happy memories or some "deep thoughts" for you as well!
Whatever you do today, like our cousin Lisa says,
"Be Kind."
Amen.
