2007-04-27 15:51:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I love watching my cats tumble around on the floor, stick their heads down into their water bowls and jump on my lap with dripping wet chins!
In the spring, our Koi pond is alive with life...ReeDeep, ReeDeep! We have this huge frog who carries on even during daylight!
Bright orange, yellow/gold, and pure white Koi gather for feeding...what a sight! Green ivy has covered the rocks and some dips down into the pond...our fish love nibbling at it...sometimes shaking it vigorously. There is a spouting alligator statue...it causes people to step back..they think it's real....just for a second.... = D
An aging white cat, Sam, belongs to our neighbor, walks slowly across our fence endlessly...all day long. Our indoor cats are mesmerized and race from window to window to watch...it's non-stop action around here!
The lake near our house attracts geese...they lay their eggs and watch over them for weeks! Mom and dad attends to them without fail. Little fuzzy babies are soon gliding along, paddling furiously, to keep up! They are sooo cute!
The spring is special...the earth is so alive. We miss so much when we don't stop and look deeply into life.
2007-04-27 16:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by Eve 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a man is being chased by dogs and their handlers, he may yearn to paint a great canvas--but he's not going to be able to stop to do it.
So, without safety--freedom from the crimes of public-interest tsars-bureaucrats and the postmodernist tyranny and "laws" and orders, any man would be exactly like that hunted artist.
He might notice something small, yes, such as a wildflower, a lovely cloud formation, an attractive stream and the light filtering through the leaves of a forest's trees. But not often.
As a rational mind, perhaps the best, in a nation of postmodernist elected and appointed pseudo-religious tyrants, I am that running man. So my answer is, "Yes I notice details--the little things--but not as often as I would if I had rights to my own life, liberty and pursuit of chosen priorities that might make me happy."
2007-04-27 16:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is the little things that one should appreciate with giving and love that brings great rewards to an individual. I take lots of time to appreciate and I am very grateful to what life has dealt me.
2007-04-27 16:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
2007-04-27 16:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
honestly, i should say yes i do. i try not to become a person that's too busy with something not that important until forget to appreciate little things in life that made me who i am today :)
2007-04-27 16:25:08 · answer #5 · answered by mystic_fish_white 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well when I get frustrated, or I just feel like thinking about my good things that I have, yes. I don't do it often, but I do catch myself doing it, it makes me feel a bit relieved, even if it's for a little while.
2007-04-27 15:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by »º« Omar »º« 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really wish I could say I do, but I barely have time to clean my house, let alone smell the flowers, or enjoy a sunrise - or sleep a whole 8 hours.
2007-04-27 15:54:55 · answer #7 · answered by cilsavon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the green buds on the trees in springtime, or the coons playing in my barn, or the hummingbirds at my feeder, or the mockinbird who sings all nite by my streetlamp, or the sound and smell of the creek below the house, and the lizards scampering across my porch? yes, I love them all.
2007-04-27 16:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by goheda 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think every once in a while I do.However the rest of the time I think I am going to fast to even notice them.Really quite sad.
2007-04-27 15:59:48 · answer #9 · answered by gardenart11 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I am not a detail oriented person (although I was for some time). Although, I may not necessarily understand how you mean "appreciate".
2007-04-27 15:54:30 · answer #10 · answered by guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋