bananas

Bananas are a small lesson in abundance. They are a lesson in how to be here and now and eat what you want when you want it, because it will be brown tomorrow. They are a lesson in spontaneity and in self-sufficiency: they are easy-open, single-serving, biodegradable packaging and food all in one. If you let them sit long enough, the package becomes the food until there's only a paper-thin wisp of peel to remove. They are high in starch (for energy) and potassium (for hydration), and cheerful on a cloudy day. They look like a smile or a slice of sunshine, and they come in three sizes and sweetnesses. Also, they adjust; they get sweeter as they get older.

What would our lives be like if we were all more like bananas? We could be open and honest and generous (we're already biogdegradable); we could become less crusty with age, and sweeter; we could offer time and energy and smiles on a cloudy day. And we could give generously of ourselves, because we don't know what we will be like tomorrow.

and now say to thyself, 'If there is any good thing that I can do or any kindness I can show to any person, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I may not pass this way again.'
--from the weekly preaching of Rev. Frank Hall, who does not know where it comes from

amen.