At three in the morning you sometimes see visions of things that don’t exist while you’re driving. Or so it seems when you are exhausted. I have a work schedule with super crazy hours and no turn around time. While driving to QVC last night I saw big doe eyes piercing right at me through the thick, green, summer foliage. I stepped on my breaks because I am known to have quite a heavy foot. As I rounded the turn I took a breath and sighed with relief that I didn’t hit “Bambi.”
The local deer seem to think State Farm Insurance Agency is their hang out. It breaks my heart every time I see them making a run for it in the dark as headlights shine brightly on their faces. I’m an animal lover. Wild, domestic, and even the human ones too. I am just a lover. Period. I often spot deer strolling along the edge of my nearby highway. They have nowhere to go. They are left with no land to play. This is why they creep out reluctantly at night into the less busy streets. I feel bad for them because we are leaving behind nothing but cinder blocks, wood, and huge debt.
Animals are God’s creatures and for some reason we think we are so much more important because we are humans. I can’t help but wonder with all the natural disasters if our Lord is trying to tell us something. Is he giving us a sign? I sure think he might be telling us that we are getting way too ahead of ourselves. We are definitely putting ourselves in front of his four legged and flying friends. We are cutting down acres and acres of trees to build more overpriced housing. In the wake of our over indulgence and greed we are tearing down “Bambi” and his fellow friend’s homes.
The “Man With The Plan” goes to “Mr. Banker” to get a loan than he goes to “Bob The Builder” and before you know it the next big attraction is built before you can say the word “go.” And, well, you know, bigger is always better in this country.
I know a few people that hunt. I often hear them saying, “We need to control the deer population. They are causing accidents and killing people.” Well, to that I respond, “And we aren’t?” The human race is overpopulated. Should we start knocking people off on a weekend afternoon dressed in camouflage? Just start shooting families while they are out on a Sunday stroll. Sounds ridiculous, but humans do it to animals all the time. What gives us the right to kill for the sake of killing?
All I know is that we have a problem when Bambi and her clan’s local hot spot is the State Farm Insurance parking lot. Dear God, please give them better sense of direction. If we can’t stop the builders and bulldozers can we at least keep the animals away from Corporate America’s property? Getting that close to office world might bore them to death-no need for bullets and bows and arrows.
It truly saddens me to see land disappearing. Everyday a little more dirt is covered with concrete and a tree that houses a flock of birds is cut down to the ground. All of this to make room for more excess. Our INSTANT GRATIFICATION culture needs to think before we blink it all away. One of my father’s famous lines “You can’t make dirt!” So true my dad. America’s wide open spaces are quickly turning into more money making places.
Next time a deer or any other creature darts out in front of you don’t get mad at the animal. Get mad at those other animals that are tearing down the “homes” of God’s living, breathing, beauties.
