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An empty container is nothing until
someone sees its beauty or its usefulness. There are so
many types of containers. They are made of wood, cardboard,
paper, plastic, ceramic, glass and the list goes on and on
and never seems to stop.
A coffee cup or mug is meant to contain
coffee but sometimes a pretty flower or small plant will
change the cup or mug from something very plain into a
beautiful floral arrangement for a patient in a hospital,
the resident of a nursing home or for a teacher during
Teacher Appreciation Week.
A glass made of crystal or just plain
glass turns into a container for tea and with a sprig of
mint and a section of lemon attached to the top rim, it
becomes an appetizing as well as a beautiful container.
A crystal basket, a straw basket or
even a wooden basket changes into a treasure with the
addition of a few pieces of candy, some flowers or even
filled with tea bags. This basket would make a terrific
gift for someone who loves beautiful crystal and its
contents.
A paper sack filled with groceries is a
heaven sent gift for someone who needs that kind of gift.
AND a paper sack that has been painted with a beautiful
picture and then shellacked becomes an item that looks so
pretty on a coffee table. One might even place a vine
inside in a small bowl and make the plain brown bag into an
even more thing of beauty.
There is one container that is very
special to all of us and so often we neglect that
container. A person is a container even though they do not
think of themselves as being a container. All that we are
is inside this container that we call our body. We have a
heart so that we are not only living but capable of loving.
We have lungs that are filled with air to help us breathe.
We have a mouth that we fill with food that keeps us healthy
and alive.
Our body container is probably the most
important container in the entire world. Why then do so many
people abuse their body by taking illegal drugs, smoking
...either regular cigarettes or marijuana, drinking too much
alcohol and even overeating so that we have health problems.
As we age, our body container begins to
have many problems that cause us grief. We spend endless
hours in a doctor??™s office hoping that he or she will know
exactly what to do to help our body become well. We need to
be aware of the needs of our bodies and take care of them at
all times. We need to think of our body as our best friend
and treat it with respect and love.
We won??™t get a second time to do over
what we have not done when we had the chance. Let??™s all
take a look at this body of ours and do our best to keep it
healthy. Let??™s all take a look at our body and remember
that we have a brain that allows us to learn the things we
need to know, lungs to help us breathe and make more of an
effort to keep it healthy. There is a phrase that says,
???too little too late???. Our bodies can??™t wait for us to wake
up and take care of them; we need to give them tender loving
care and respect now, not later.
Look around you at all the containers
in your home. Look at them with new eyes and see their
beauty. A container is useless if we don??™t see its beauty
and capabilities.
?© Doris B. Fandal
May 30, 2005
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