Ridiculous...

Life gets ridiculous sometimes...last week was sometimes.  So is this week, but I suppose that's beside the point since I am writing.  While writing stopped, advertising didn't and I noted a particularly ridiculous ad for some home object...clearly not memorable...but something like a vase or a knick-knack...nick-nack...pnick-pnack...whatever.  The ad read "Made thoughtfully.  Beautifully.  To last and to love."  First, they need a grammar lesson and then, perhaps a "get real" lesson.  The ad ran next to earthquake images--homes and lives in a shattered mess.  But, what we needed was a gadget that was made thoughtfully...beautifully...to last and to love.  What we really need is the eyes to see and the hearts to know that each human is made thoughtfully, beautifully--perhaps not to last...but certainly to love and be loved.  My goal for this week is to remember that the "we" of life is always more important than the "stuff."