Last night the grandadult crew set the agenda for today when I got home from church. Laura's boyfriend Chris had never seen the ocean so it was going to be beach day. I knew the prediction was 24 in the morning and staying rather chilly especially for here. I figured a walk on the beach even when cold is not bad, i fact I do it quite frequently. I did not think a long beach visit or swimming was in the picture but when I got home I came to see that some of the crew intended on swimming. You can with me and the pelican that I'm layered in clothes and staying warm. I wasn't sure if this pelican was just too cold to fly, but I learned he likes to hang around on the fishing peer and get fed. I've been out there before but never saw him before. Apparently he is Charlie. The other picture is of Bekah one of my grandadults and Chris, Laura's boyfriend, after they had been in swimming. They wouldn't say it wasn't cold. They went in twice but came to the car wrapped in blankets and I had sat in the car to get it good and warm, but they were still cold.
I know there are many things that are fixed and certain like two plus two equals four, or God is love. On the other hand ask people if they are poor and you could get a yes answer from people with very different resources. We judge so much from our own narrow perspectives or from the views we have learned from those around us. Most things that are relative are harmless like cold air and cold water, but I think we need to be very careful not to suggest that everything is relative. I don't want my bankers or my doctors acting like everything is relative. Certainty and absolutes are often good.
They thought cold was relative but I think it was still cold.
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