The Trailing Edge

                       The mobile home park we moved to nearly 11 months ago is great. In fact, I think its advertising motto should be "...A Really Nice Mobile Home Park. No, Really!" Or how about "It's Not Just Nice. It's Pleasant!" Okay, maybe that's why I began a college degree in Marketing but never finished.

              Did you know that the earth was created square and looked like a cube?  When God created the earth, He took the stuff of the universe - see Big Bang Theory or On the First Day, God created Fireworks - and began to knead it. Every time He kneaded it, He would slap the earth on His workbench, creating a flat side. Knead, slap, knead, slap, creating flat sides as He worked. When God was done kneading and slapping, the earth was square.   God placed the earth in the Heavens above. He created a Garden and filled it with plants and animals. The plants put down roots and were happy. The animals were not happy because they kept falling off the edge of the earth.  God noticed.  God grabbed the earth, cupped it in His palms and rounded the edges. It worked and the animals were happy. Then, God created man.  Man then made the world flat. The world was not really flat but man thought so. I don't know why man thought this when man could have easily walked ar

                                    Hunter spied the jackrabbit ahead. His third jackrabbit. I can do it, I can do it. His legs tired and hurting but he swung his arms harder and ran a bit faster. His chest and stomach heaving in unison, desperately working to get air in and out to meet the increasing demand. A stitch ached in his side. I can do it, I can do it. And, the distance to the rabbit was smaller. The rabbit heard the footsteps coming up behind. Faster, Faster, I can do this, I can do this. The rabbit, lungs hurting, legs hurting, bit his tongue, but kept up his pace. Hunter focused only the back of the rabbit. The hard whoosh of air surging through his mouth, in and out of his lungs, filled his ears. Knee up, knee up, knee up, knee up. Hunter was on the heels of the jackrabbit. Only a leap, only a leap, wait, wait, NOW! Leaping, Hunter broke the tape, the first gorilla to win the 5K World Championship.