Those DAMN Bugs!
I
love to go hiking. Especially to beautiful pristine places where
I can feel I am out in nature in all it’s glory. Beautiful trees,
scenery, and smells. When I arrive there I bask in it’s glory and
my rewards of the hike. Then, invariable while I am enjoying my
time, a little dinky gnat will start flying around my head and try to
get into my eyes. I’ll brush it away, continue my enjoyment and
then the dang thing returns. I brush it away again, then again,
then again, This gnat is starting to piss me off. I try to move
to another spot but the stupid thing follows me. No matter
where I go it follows. I decided I’m going to kill it and get
rid of it once and for all so I can enjoy myself here. Finally
it returns and I clap my hands and BINGO I got it. Whew.
Now back to enjoying my view. I take a deep breath and gaze
out upon the wonder. Another bug flies in my face. This time
there’s two of them. That did it. I’m breaking out my netting which
covers my hat and keeps the bugs off of my face. I finally figure
out how to put it on, and I put it on my head. I see the bugs flying
around still, but now they are landing on the netting in front of my
face. I still have to stare at them but at least they are not on my
face. That’s better.
For some reason my view doesn’t look as good. The netting is
sort of thick and is blocks much of the clear view. I feel I’m in a
tent instead of out in the wilderness. I guess I’ll just have to live
with this......all because of these stupid little bugs. I look down at
my dog that is smiling and wagging his tail. He looks very happy
as he always is when we are hiking. I see some bugs crawling on
his eyes and around his mouth. For some reason he doesn’t even
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notice them. He may blink his eyes once in a while to deter the
bugs but he stays focused on the fun time he is having. He runs
around and shakes his head once in a while to deter the bugs.
Never does he seem mad or frustrated. He’s still having fun. What
can I say, he’s just a dumb dog and doesn’t know the difference.
I sit eating an apple....under my netting, watching my dog run
naked through the bushes, chasing rabbits, barking with joy and
having a wonderful time. He comes over to me wagging his tail
with excitement looking for some water to drink. I put a bowl
of water down which he laps up with vigor. He looks at me....
with those bugs still crawling on his eyes......with a look that
says “Why aren’t you out here running around enjoying this
place”, and then he’s off again chasing a squirrel. I think
about that for a few minutes. Hmmmm. Bugs are part of this
wonderful wilderness. I guess God created them for some
reason, other than to just bug me. I take my hat off and close
my eyes. I feel and hear the bugs around my face. This time
I just let them walk on me. They feel weird on my face but they
don’t seem to be biting me. What the heck do they want? Since
they aren’t biting me and I’m getting use to them walking on me,
I open my eyes. I bug comes near my eyes and I blink. It flies
off. Another one comes, I blink and it flies off. The ones walking
on my face and neck I just try to ignore. I instead look out on the
beautiful scenery and focus my attention there. I blink my eyes
every once in a while and just accept the bugs as my friends. I
guess they really like me for some reason. Thanks for all the
attention. Man it’s wonderful to be out in God’s country.
Come on you dumb......I mean smart dog. Let’s go see what’s
down in that bug infested paradise. I’m sure no one else will be
down there.......with all these bugs around.
—Gordon Barth, Owner of IslandFitness Center