WHY...WHAT IN THE WORLD？！

The other day, Kinya and I took a walk. Maybe a reader can help me out with this.  At the corner, in front of the post office, I noticed the plant that had...embedded? itself onto the tree in the front and had begun growing wildly. What was it?! (I walked around to the other side of the plant and took another picture, but no matter how you look at it, it looks strange, so I'm not sure it helps.)

Some people think I take walks just because I'm a wildlife fanatic. To be sure, I love outdoor beauty, and critters have a hold of my heart in a peculiar way humans don't. But that is just "bait". I know this body has to be kept moving, and if left to myself, I would rather stay indoors to read, do things on the computer, draw...and be perfectly content in a sedentary lifestyle.... So I tell myself I WANT to go outside and stretch my legs, fill my lungs with delicious air, get an eyeful of satisfying light and motion, find and interact with other living things. My Heavenly Father has set all those things around me, knowing I'll be happier if I enjoyed them. (Yup, He formed even that funny-looking plant.)

It's not up to me to figure out why life is the way it is; why other people are the way they are; even why I am the way I am.

I just need to get out on my walks. Walks of exercise yes, and walks of simple obedience, walks called "trust and obey".

When I do, I'll find I'll be happier, healthier, stronger, and much more in love with God and life. And I daresay I think I'll be wanting to go on more walks too.