But I BELIEVE in good will, even from cameras!
So I put it back on its station, letting it load and load. For two weeks I looked at it, trying if it was perhaps magically healed. No.
Then this morning Paco and I looked out of the door when I let him out. This is what we saw!
SNOW all over the place, just right for Christmas!
If only I had my camera to take a picture of this, I thought. And gave it another chance ... and how did it respond? With friendship!
Now I don`t know if there is a mechanical answer, why a thing is broken for two weeks, and healed spontaneously the next day. (It has happened before with my things, don`t ask for an explanation).
Haha, Amanda asked in her last comment (thank you dear!) what my secret for youthfulness was.
The answer is my genes, of course (at 91, my father still digs his garden) (well, my mom died at age 73...). I still skip when running and climb trees which look inviting. I walk my dog for miles, and I don`t smoke and am not overweight, all good things, and easy to follow.
But secretly I think it is my magical side that keeps me young (at 63). I believe in the good of the world around me, even in cameras. I see in children what they have hidden inside, and tickle it out. And I try to be as honest as I can (well, you can only TRY), giggle and laugh at awful situations, and SEE people beside me. - My grandson and I (must tell you this story!) were walking to the underground train in Hamburg the other day. There was a long tunnel, and commercial signs were scattered along the way. The little boy ducked, went on his hands and knees to crawl underneath one before I could scream (children have the most incredible ideas). Then we both looked at his dark dirty hands, and I said, If only we had some water to wash your hands! And out of the blue (darkness) a silent man in a worker`s overall appeared, pushing a broom. He looked foreign, and did not speak much German, but when I pointed at the dirty hands and sighed, smilingly, the man smiled back.
He led us to a hidden door, opened it and provided a water hose! Jojo washed his hands with glee under that hose, and then I gave the nice man a piece of Lindt chocolate which I had buried in my bag, making him smile again. Afterwards Jojo said, He did something nice, and he got something. Good!
I guess that`s it. Justice. Keep yourself a feeling for justice. Treat everyone like a friend, and they will be friends.
Even cameras.
And that makes me go back to Amanda. If you want to warm up your heart, go to Amanda`s blog today and read Travels with Persephone. You`ll see why. Pictures say more than words sometimes.
Praise to all the cameras of the world!
Cheers from
Angela
11 Kommentare:
You are just such an inspiration Geli with your belief in the goodness around you. I don't know which came first your faith in the world or the world just waiting to give to you. Whichever it is, the fact that you are so open to it is what I think keeps you young, as you are an enchanted fairy godmother to all around you.
Have a wonderful Christmas my friend and a Happy New Year.
Look for goodness and you'll find it. We find what we seek.
Merry Christmas!
Geli, you are such a special person and I wish I lived closer to you ... So we could chat and spend some crazy, funny moments together!
About cameras: My Dad has a collection of them, those very old ones, digital cameras all stocked in a special corner of his room. I don´t doubt about their souls... they (Dad and the cameras) have some special connection.
This picture of your garden is so very amazing, it really looks like Christmas season!
Happy Christmas!
Perhaps the camera has no soul, but you have enough soul for the both of you. Hoorah for the camera and for you!
(but beware... I had the same thing with my former camera: it broke, then worked again, and then broke down completely).
Martijn
Happy Christmas to my magical German friend!
Happy Christmas Geli! I believe things have souls too. Your snow is beautiful! It is hot, hot, hot here xxx
I hope you had the Merry Christmas you deserve (if that's the case it should have been FABULOUS!). Much love!
Mandy, really, don`t make me blush!
(looking away)
Carol, yep! My belief in a nutshell!
Mina, I can`t imagine a hot Christmas in Brazil, but I hope yours was fabulous! Say hi to your dad and his cameras!
Martijn, I`m waving at you. Must look at your blog again. See if that happy post appeared!
My camera still works, but the one key of my notebook came loose and won`t be stuck back. Grrrrr.
Barbara, magic greetings back to you. Did you read Val`s latest post at our Matsopane Blog?
Shiny dear, keep cool by looking at my snow pictures. I`ll send you some more of our last year`s which were really extraordinary.
Wishing you rain and a good leg.
Bug, thank you! I always love to visit your blog and your funny poems or outlooks on life. Grand.
Hi Geli
Very glad your camera decided to work! I loved the snow photo - and the lovely pictures of Hamburg, too.. sending you special New Year greetings from over here x
Ah, Geli, coming back here after so long, and loving your posts, as always - you're a gem, you really are!
Here's wishing you all the very, very best for 2012 - may it be a "best ever" year for you! x
I did it. I finally posted a happy post! Wow... not as happy as yours of course, but I am on the right track. Hey Angela!
(I must have seen everyone calling you 'Geli' for years, but I never thought much about it, perhaps I didn't even notice. But now it puzzles me a little.)
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