Last evening at dusk, we sat on the deck overlooking the garden and saw a bat flying high above the yard. Since the prodigious rains of May gave birth to a population explosion of mosquitoes, we were quite happy to see Batty (as we dubbed her).
My niece, Camille, is repulsed by bats and terrified of them. To be sure, bats have a face that only their mother could love, but i love the fact that bats eat hundreds of mosquitoes every hour. (Speaking of which, a mosquito just landed on my finger as i am typing in my office! I deported it to the Great Outdoors.)
Once in a while, we can convert an enemy into a friend by thinking of the good deeds they do. Bats eat mosquitoes. Ants lick peonies open. Bees pollinate flowers and make honey.
A local man lectures on how to cook with invasive plants. (I continue to pull these thugs whenever i find them.)
And how about that person who rubs you the wrong way? Think of some good deeds this person has done.
And send loving-kindness to yourself.
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