Endless entertainment is always as near as the remote control, and oh how we love to reach out and click it. Wild and wacky, daring and dramatic, bold and beautiful, the lives of real and imagined people spill into our living rooms. Plenty of good action is dished up for our viewing pleasure, day after day, night after night. The window of fascinating fiction and ever unfolding dramas entertains our brains.
Life presents precious windows of opportunity to get up, get out and feed all of our senses.
Yet, we don't open them and familiarize ourselves with the sights and smells and feel of everything around us. The window to color-splashed sunsets and dramatic skies of dawn, remains closed. The window to walk amidst the sights and sounds of our yards and neighborhoods, to know them intimately and make them our own, is shut tight. The window to breathe in the scent of nature and make it part of who we are, is pulled down and unused. The window to stand beneath a star studded blanket of a black velvet night, is never opened.