This afternoon, while the baby and I were exploring the neighbourhood for her daily walk (the 2nd for the day). She got caught up in trying to remove all the ipil-ipil seeds from the 'shrub' before they even flower and become fruits. I sat on the sidewalk and watch her run to and fro, chasing her imaginary friends. Or trying to reach out the 'seeds' from their branches by any means necessary. (I let her be and just watch in case she overshoots and fall to the vacant lot where the ipil-ipil grows). Watching her is more fun anyway, she throws the seed as far as she can, run to the side and holds the 'alambre' that supports the clothesline, and then sprinkles imaginary salt in the middle of the road where the seed was thrown. Rinse and repeat.
Got you thinking that this is a Mommy post?
Fortunately, it's not, just want to share that little tidbit.
So soldier on.
As I was watching her, I saw 3 little birds descend on the red roof of a neighbouring subdivision house. I was about to ignore them, as birds flying over and on rooftops is a common occurrence. But then, the birds started pecking each other. My thought was, "Oh, its a mating game of who is the more worthy partner". As the pecking and petting progressed though, it did not seem that way anymore. (Not that I am an expert on birds and their rituals). I did stand up to see clearly to see what is really happening. Still, a bit blurry, (did not have my glasses), but I can make out all the birds and what they were doing.
I cannot tell you if all the birds were female, or all-male, or 1 female and 2 males or 2 females and a male. It's just that they were pecking each other in all combinations, and whenever one is pushed behind in their shenanigans, it will spread its wings and cover the other 2 in an embrace. (Or it seems that way to me, is all). This happened a few times and I watched all of it until the birds flew away. In the time, that the 3 birds stayed on the roof, the other birds in the area just went about their business.
Sadly, the same cannot be said of humans. We tend to poke our noses into other people's businesses. And if we disapprove of whatever agendum our fellow humans are up to, we show our disapproval with disdain and malice. Can we shut up about other people's preferences?
The LGBTQ+ community is usually the target of such cruelty. I do not approve of it nor I do support it. But I have a brother who is a member and a sister who is very vocal in her promotion of gender equality and all the other things that go with it. I may not approve, but I do understand. And so I let them be. It's a choice, and they choose to be classified in a different manner than what they were born with.
If the church with its traditions and long-standing reputation embrace this reality, why can't you? It's not as if they are harming you by existing. Unless, you are in denial, and cannot bear the slap of reality that you can never have if you do not step outside of the closet.
The other one is people in a polyamory relationship. Again, I do not support this and I vehemently refuse to support people especially 'friends' who are cheating on their partners because they feel that some of their soul belongs to someone else. PUH-LEEZ. Polyamory after all is when all three or more of you are in a relationship. Not you with your partner, and you with another person without your partner's knowledge, and certainly not you with another person that does not know you have a partner. If that is the case, it's not a relationship. It's just you that cannot keep it in your pants.
Again, if polyamory works for people, let them be. You are not the one that is in the relationship, so you do not really know how it goes. Unless it's a fantasy and you can never make it work.
I think I can list a lot of things that people, including me, look down on. But this post is not about that, so I'll stop the examples here. Just the 2, since the 1st one is close to my heart and the 2nd one is the reason why I am writing this post anyway.
The bottom line is if the Animal Kingdom can tolerate any form of relationships, why can't we? Humans are placed in a higher level of intelligence compared to animals. Yet, here we are. Full of prejudice and disdain against people who do not conform to the 'normal' we try to put our perfect world into.
Just a reminder, since the start of Covid Quarantine a year ago, we are not exactly normal right now. So, normalcy is not really perfect as well.
Daghang salamat sa pagbasa!!! :D
P.S. The title I gave this one reminds me of all those essays that I used to read for Papa. Haha, brings back memories of reading such obscure works written in old English and poring over the dictionary to find out its meaning but still feels that its out-of-context.
