I'm Going To See A Moose

My wife always wanted to see a moose. I don't know why, but she did. She would look for them everywhere we went during our times in Maine which have been numerous. She never saw one. My daughter Merrie just completed a two week trip through Canada and wanted to see a moose. I don't know why, she just did. She scheduled a trip to the zoo in Toronto because they have moose in the zoo there. I think that's cheating but she did see a moose. I'm now in Maine and my son and I will take a trip someplace in Maine where he says I will LOL at the number of moose. He says we will have to dodge them as they take over the road at dusk. I'll certainly think of Marsha and Merrie when that happens. If they find out I know they'll be jealous. It's funny they were never content with the moose they did see. You have to understand that at Camp Dennen when I was the manager my nickname was moose. That was partly because I was always making the ground shake and the trees crash, and partly because when there was no solution to a problem you just overwhelmed it with brute force and the various odds and end items around that might help. I guess they didn't think seeing me every day was real enough.

I do like the image of a moose. They seem to have a peace about them. Unless they have a young one around they seem pretty content and pretty leisurely in their manner. I can't say I would appreciate their diet but they just munch along content with what's in front of them. If we could live more like a moose the world might be an OK place. They don't live in fear. Half our problems exist because we fear what others will do to us. Economically, politically, religiously, physically, and otherwise we seem so easily motivated and controlled by fear. Contentment is another problem for us. We always want more than we need, and even the best of us do. Even those who deny their need for worldly goods do so because they often need to feel the most self-righteous. We do all need something you know. Why can't we just be content? God has given us more than enough if we share. Most of us already have so much. I guess I do want to see a moose, maybe they can teach me something.