The Visitor

rosprynn (c) 2005

 

 

 

CARPE DIEM

 

For three days this last week, I had a surprise visitor.  One day he just showed up.  Although he was unexpected, I found him non-intrusive.  He is the type that most people don't like, in fact try to avoid, but not me!  The fact that he had a beautiful face and a gentle smile may have something to do with it.  Everybody knows I am a sucker for cute! But a lot of people have nothing good to say about my visitor. I always defend him though and that has nothing to do with his gorgeous physique.  :)

 

This visitor and I hung out together; every time I turned around, there he was, quietly present.  He never interfered with my routine, and I respected his space and let him get on with his business.  Despite the fact that I am not used to sharing my space (except with Lucy and Minou), this new visitor was a welcome addition to the family.

 

But.. I knew he couldn't stay. Much as I marveled at his demeanour - he exuded a sense of calm - and was humbled that he considered staying around I knew his world was not mine.  Although on the surface we seemed to be very different, his focus in his life was much the same as mine, but I knew his well-being depended on him rejoining his own world, outside the cocoon, which is my house.

 

The final confirmation of that came when I found him relaxing calmly in my bath- tub. I am the last to be adverse to sharing a long bath with a cute companion (did I really say that? Yep!), but I knew that this particular occupant would NOT enjoy such an escapade.  Sometime, you just know these things.  :) So I gently told him he needed to leave. I DID chat to him, and explain that whilst I am quite happy for him to stay, I felt he needed to get on with his life.

 

And so it was that this perfect roommate/visitor left my bathroom. Next time I looked, he was nowhere to be found.  I hadn't said 'goodbye'.  I don't do well with goodbyes, but I had wished him well, sending him on with my prayer that his life, however long it would be, and wherever he would be led, would be filled with love and joy!

 

And yes, this delightful visitor, with his temporary appearance in my home, gave me more lessons to think about, reminded me of many things, and I am thankful. I COULD belabour the point here, and share with you the lessons I got from this 'chance' encounter, but then they wouldn't be YOUR lessons would they?  :)  We each choose what we will embrace on our own journeys, and that is the joy.

 

And yes - this visitor was one of the most beautiful spiders I have ever seen, and I felt blessed that he had been in my life for even such a short time. 

Truly.