I Recently Packed Up Some Belongings And Headed To A Local Park Where I Planned To Spend The Entire Day. I Did This Because I Was Overwhelmed With The Busyness Of Life And I Knew That I Needed To Get Away In Order To Have Some Effective Hours Of Writing For My Next Book. So I Packed The Books I Was Reading, My Three Journals, A Picnic Lunch, Plenty Of Water And Tea, My Camera, And My Favorite Blanket And I Was Off For A Day At The Park. I Had No Idea That My Day Would Not Be Spent Alone But That I Would Share It In The Company Of The Cardinals.I Have Never Been Too Fond Of Cardinals. I Don't Think That They Are The Prettiest Bird Really, And So I'll Admit That I Was Not All That Excited When I Saw Cardinals Playing Right Near Where I Was About To Set Up Camp For The Day. I Thought About Wandering Further Into The Park, But I Decided Against It Because I Was Certain That I Would Scare The Cardinals And That They Would Quickly Leave Me Alone. I Was Wrong. Not Only Did I Not Scare The Cardinals Away, But I Almost Seemed To Attract Them To Myself. They Slowly But Surely Moved Nearer And Nearer To My Blanket. They Were Not Particularly Noisy, But Nor Were They Quiet.I Ended Up Not Getting Any Writing On My Book Accomlished That Day At The Park. Instead, All I Walked Away With Was An Entire Roll Of Film Of The Cardinals (who Amazingly Enough Were Not Even Afraid Of My Camera) And A Few Pages Of Random Jounraling And Poetry That The Blessed Cardinals Inspired. I Ended Up Enjoying My Time With The Cardinals So Much That I Got Home And Spent A Few Hours Reading Up On Everything About Cardinals That I Could Find Online. Because I Now Thought That Cardinals Were In Fact Pretty, I Even Ordered A Couple Of Books Containing Photographs Of Cardinals For My Coffeetable.I Was Hooked That Day, And I Have Been Hooked On Cardinals Ever Since. People Who Know Me Well Know That When I Commit To Something, I Fully Commit. I Have Been Just As Loyal To My Cardinals As I Have Been To Any Friend Or Worthy Hobby In All Of My Life. I Have Made It Back To That Same Park On Several Occasions Just To See If My First Cardinal Friends Would Join Me. They Have Not, But I Will Never Forget My Lovely Afternoon With The Cardinals For As Long As I Live.
