Gobbledegoop

Gobbledegoop: One of Mother's favorite words.  Its meaning varies due to the ongoing circumstances of a particular event or failed art project.  Gobbledegoop covers a multitude of sins.  A bunch of stuff that has no start nor finish line.

Sitting in line, in the car, waiting our turn to exit the parking lot.  The back passenger window rolls down on the car ahead.  It is a nice looking car, clean, shiny, fairly new.  A small hand can be seen coming out of the open window.  The small hand drops several pieces of trash on the ground just before the car turns left.  The tear rolls down the American Indian's face.  Few understand what that means.  It is not an isolated problem, it's nearly an epidemic.  If each individual could see the planet from space, where it sits in the vast darkness of the universe, would they take better care of it?

Listening to the conversation from a distance.  None of our business, but was hard to ignore.  A young girl, perhaps about 7 or 8 years old.  She is berating her mother.  She talks to her as if her mother where a mere piece of trash.  The young girl tells her mother she is stupid.  The mother never says a word.  She simply listens to the barrage of insulting words, puts her packages in the trunk of her car.  They get into the car, the young girls' mouth is still running and they drive off.  Parenting isn't about being friends with your offspring.  It's about learning that the pain felt when the door slams, right after the words "I hate you!", means you've done something right.  Parenting is a job, not a hobby.  Children are like puppies and kittens, they grow up.

She watched a video about an elephant that had been taken to an elephant sanctuary.  This massive beast had been in a circus.  It had been treated so badly that it was nearly starved to death.  As the elephant cautiously left the confines of the large truck that had transported it, the fear of the unknown could be seen in its eyes.  How tragic that an animal with the brain capacity of a dolphin or a chimpanzee, an animal that can remember places and faces from years past, an animal whose size could crush a human with one foot, had been reduced to near death by a human.  Another tear rolls down the cheek.  

In the same token, we knew the neighbor dog was ill.  The owner is doing all possible to keep her as well as can be expected.  Some days are better than others.  Daisy Duke was outside, trying to do her business.  It wasn't working.  She struggled for several minutes until her owner walked over to her.  He spoke softly and patted her on the head.  It was sad, but the look she gave him pulled at the heart strings.  She loves this man with all of her heart and she knows he will take care of her now and when the time comes.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.  Aretha Franklin can be heard singing in the background.  Respect: esteem for a sense of worth.  What the world needs now is love, sweet love.  Maybe.  Understanding respect might be a good place to start...again....before it's too late.