Fascinated

i am so fascinated with animals and all things in nature. i guess its a unique interest God placed in me. yesterday i bought a crowntail beta fish. he has a flowy tail and he is all blue and kinda sparkly. i named him Rolf. this morning wen i woke up he wasnt hiding like he did all yesterday and i just watched him swim around. i could do that for hours. his movements were so different than how people move. (yer thinkin well duh its a fish) but seriously hav u ever just watched something like that? cats for instance r rather peculiar in their movements. our yg went camping last week and it was a blast. for our half day of prayer and 24 hour fast we went up on a mountain to a meadow. much of my time was spent just marveling at creation. watching bugs buzz around, birds hop on the ground, flowers sway back and forth, chipmunks scurry away (startled by me). i like to use all my senses to discover things. listening to crickets or birds or just the breeze. smelling flowers, rain and fire. tasting fresh fruits and berries. seeing so many wonderful colors. feeling the different textures or bark, pettles, grass. idk where i got my fascination with life in general. i guess a lot of that comes from my mom. wen i was very young she instilled such a curiosity in me. we stopped in the middle of our walk to examine an inch worm, or pulled our car to the side of the road to catch the last fleeting glimpses of a startled deer. we picked wild flowers, watched bugs, made snow ice cream, danced in the rain, and watched hail storms from our garage. i want to teach this appreciation of life to my children. i think a lot of the violence in the world today would not exist if we taught our children to revel in God's glorious creation. to care about the sanctity of life. next time u see a spider watch it spin its web. next time u notice blossoms on a tree take time to smell them. appreciate beauty for it may not be here forever.