Ebb and flow

Banality of Life, no particular sequence....eat, sleep ,defecate, work/ job/ school, urinate, housework, exercise,sickness,drive/traffic, grocery shopping ,shower, get dressed,get gas, brush teeth,medications, pay bills, yard work,routines, habits, obligations.Survival and being homo sapiens are the large boring parts of daily Life,much of which we don't discuss, because, for most of us, we all have a similar circumstance. I am a questioning product of a First World set of concerns.But I'm thankful that I am not living in a third world situation where surviving the present day becomes paramount , or that I am some other kind of animal or nonthinking species.( Are other kinds of animals happier? Do they understand what happiness is? )Also, of course, there are Life's sadnesses which are universal, such as severe illness, trauma,betrayals and funerals. But beyond all of the above ,one experiences the exuberance of Life, no particular order.... Family, Faith, Friends, pets, traveling, reading, music,art, sports, worshipping, Health, entertaining,cooking something special,the beauty of Creation, hugs and kisses, photographs and memories, a long walk in the woods or at the beach,loving and being loved ,and special days like birthdays and Christmas and weddings.Our Life is a composite of routine and serendipity, boredom and excitement,good and bad,illness and health, melancholy and joy, dearth and abundance.My life is filled with peaks, valleys and plateaus, but those valleys and plateaus make me relish the mountaintop experiences even more.Oh, and now I need to go clean up the bathroom, change my bed, feed the cat,take a shower and then make some lunch.