Go down thoughts

It was nice enough to get out and walk today and walking is where I either listen to music, or think.  I read the first chapter of a new book last night, so today was a day to think.

My first thoughts were about humor.  I often find myself on the outside looking in when it comes to humor.  I don't find the same things funny that many people seem to.  I don't find chaos funny.  Slapstick and madcap movement are disturbing to me.  Incongruity can strike me as funny, but the more laid back and subtle it is the funnier I tend to find it.  I guess I don't like things that look obviously manufactured.  In my mind that is not authentic humor.

Then I thought about what I find appealing.  This started because I always find myself thinking about how much I love trees on one side of the park. I think ultimately what I find appealing is intelligence, strength of character and compassion.  The more each one is present, the more I like something.  So where do trees figure into this?  For me the idea of a tree standing stock still, growing silently with gnarled roots curling into the earth while it's upper branches provide shade and house birds and squirrels speaks to a sort of natural serenity and balance, a sort of natural compassion and strength.

Annoyance and frustration are triggered mostly by willful ignorance or stupidity, doing something that both experience and knowledge have proven wrong and expecting it to turn out right.   

Of course I am a little more complicated than these things, but these were my thoughts today.