So my neighbor has a little black rabbit…

It sits on a balcony across from where I go outside to sit, and I have been sitting out here a lot due to not steadily working since March 15th, and as much as when we are at work we want to be home when you’re used to working it gets stale pretty quick.

I guess that is why I kinda like staring at the rabbit, we both take it a day at a time, both having security for now but knowing careful footing is needed to avoid disaster.

Every once in a while too, he hops up in a chair to get a better view and I myself hop to see what’s needed next for what might lie around the corner.

But that’s the downside of the ‘spirit’ of the rabbit, the upside is that he still finds time to enjoy his little bunny existence, still sniffs everything so he misses nothing, and he still takes time to run a bit, to keep the juices flowing.

I notice the rabbit chews on various items they have out there for him like boxes or rabbit chew sticks, so he can keep his teeth filed down and ready for action, it’s a constant practice, his teeth grow all his life, he has to keep it up or his teeth will be too big to eat with.

So should we keep our skills and ‘tools’ sharpened, the better to be prepared and ready for action when a moment comes along where all of the toil and practice can raise huge positive repercussions.

The first time I ‘saw’ the little black rabbit on the opposite balcony, he actually really scared me.

It was the real middle of the night, and I came outside to light the cigarette I stupidly still smoke and the space in between me and my neighbors was black as soot.

I heard a loud noise from that direction, then several others and I could barely see the silhouette of a small creature, running fast on the cement right in front of the sliding glass window.

I could not make it out but at the time my neighbors had no pets, to wake them seemed rude, and there was no way to reach whatever might be trapped up there.

I headed inside eventually, figuring that I could not do anything.

Maybe it was a stuck or injured animal, maybe it was vermin like a rat or mouse, maybe it was better off left alone.

That lesson, the first one he taught, was the most important, and like the other insights the rabbit has whispered to me, I did not even know he was doing it.

Fear of something makes us run, sometimes though all is not what it seems, a danger or set back if done right can also be an opportunity, a new experience, and maybe even a chance to hop around every now and then.