We live in a time when liars are supposed to take care of verifying information, thieves are supposed to take care of your money, and murderers are supposed to take care of your health. It's only natural to feel hopeless at some point when we focus so much on the bad things. So, if the burden gets too heavy, just spend some time relaxing out of this nightmare of a world. Remind yourself of hope, humanity, humility, love, affection, care, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFKTEaq-WA4
People are much more productive when they are positive. When we live in a nightmare, hope for a better future is hard, but not impossible. When people search for the ugly truth, they are bombarded with stats about death, another lie that very few people know about, the next hateful message towards them, etc. With so much negativity around us, we should have time for the positive things also. https://youtu.be/WgFBfUHI-X8?t=463
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." - Mat. 5:6-7
I feed some squirrels that come around every once in a while, and my brother and I taught some of them how to wave. One will even throw his hand straight up and spin in circles.
Another one (real tiny guy) has a penchant for doing ridiculous acrobatic displays. One time he found a wobbly branch and tried to "trick" it in every conceivable way...like for fifteen minutes straight. Phenomenal. He could even roll up like Sonic and would trick out of the rolls.
One funny side note is that I began to feed ravens peanuts as well, and they are no less impressive. And then I saw the Bible quote from Job 38:41..."Who provides nourishment for the ravens when their young ones cry out to God, and they rove abroad for food?" Well, I do. :)
And I know, it's God that provides, but that's not to say that one can't be a vessel for that providence.
Fantastic, I had a squirrel buddy I named Billy when I was about 10 years old. He brought his family with him after and was a delight to hang with.
I wanna give one some pets, but the one that gets closest always freaks out...and he kinda acts as the peanut gatekeeper, so the other ones stay back. The ravens similarly have a main guy that tries to address me, and he'll even load up on peanuts and spit them out for the other ones.
I like how if squirrels catch wind that you are looking in their direction, they'll try and look as cute as possible and go into puffball stance with their hands clasped. Now I'm sure they do it for peanuts in the long run, but they like the attention too.
I had no idea squirrels lived so long either.
I've been running out of peanuts and a couple of days ago the main dude that comes by climbed my balcony and shredded a cigarette in an ashtray looking for nuts. I was really confused when I saw the cigarette at first though.
One thing that was really funny is the very first time I saw the ravens and squirrels together, three ravens were playing with a squirrel by flying at him, trying to grab one of feet, and then twisting their heads real fast to fling the squirrel in the air end over end. It was several hundred feet away, so I'm not too sure the squirrel was enjoying it, but the ravens were having a blast. The squirrel was unscathed too, so it's pretty obvious they were just messin'.
The ravens and squirrels actually get along quite well.