Thoughts

There is a frog in the puddle that our hero has known for about a year. A while back this frog found himself in a dire situation, and our hero was in the position to lend a helping hand. Recently their paths have crossed more often, and they chat about the happenings in the puddle as well as about each other's lives. You see, they lead very different lives, yet share a lot on common. A few weeks ago, as our hero was swimming with a friend, she ran into this frog and stopped to chat. Upon departure, our hero's friend commented that this frog seemed quite friendly, expressing interest in our hero beyond an ordinary acquaintance. Our hero did not think much of it, yet she wondered about it. Since she is not very perceptive to such behavior she asked her friend who remained a firm believer in the original diagnosis. A few days ago, our hero found out that this frog has already promised another frog, perhaps a princess, to become her prince. There is no moral to this particular story. Our hero will continue to wonder about the state of frogs and their minds, perhaps never coming to a conclusion. Maybe there is no conclusion; we live, experience and learn. Then we move on.

This will be my last posting for a while, I will resume on May 29th in the popular summer version of The Puddle… Updates from Jerusalem!

The Game

One of our hero's favorite pastimes is to observe other frogs and evaluate their character and personality. She is known in the circles of the puddle as disliking many frogs and loving others, for no reason other than one pleasant or agonizing interaction with them.

Recently our hero has encountered a frog who she finds very interesting. Deep inside, she believes this frog is a good person, yet is skeptical of them based on their participation in The Game.

The Game is an ongoing activity that some frogs in the puddle chose to partake in. Some are born natural players and others have to work very hard to succeed. The Game can be played out in various arenas, yet no matter where it is done the players share one aspect of their lives; they tend to lose their integrity in the process. The goal of The Game is to advance oneself and is accomplished through a fan club. Without a fan club, the players are almost nothing.

Our hero has never had intentions to play The Game, yet she has placed herself very close to the playing field and gotten hurt. If her mentality were that of a Game player, she would have been OK, but that is not the case. Therefore, she is wary of befriending those who are professional athletes for fear that she will be used as a ploy or get hurt again.

Back From the Depths

Our hero has been up to her neck in puddle issues and enough drama has passed her way to last an entire year. The waters in the puddle turned murky and it became extremely hard to see what each frog was up to. In the absence of clarity our hero resorted to only trusting her closest friends, those other wonderful, powerful frogs that shared her vision.

For the past two and a half years, our hero has been living in the puddle. She is not a passive tenant; rather she is intimately involved with all that goes on in her realm of life in the puddle. She is now one of the longest involved frogs and has no intentions of retiring anytime soon. In fact, she was interested in advancing the ranks of the puddle. This past week she was slapped very hard. A person who she considered her ally made the conscience decision to eliminate her from the puddle, preferring to advance a young frog instead. This frog, barely past his tadpole days is minute in comparison to our hero and her powerful friends. The tadpole has done nothing but lie lazily, deceive and clean the current leader's slimy body of algae. The tadpole has conveniently taken credit for events in the puddle he had nothing to do with, and has demonstrated his immense talent to disappear the moment any work is required.

Our hero is hurt that the current leader preferred to appease his ego rather than chose what is right for the group. Yet retirement plans are not anywhere on the horizon, because our hero cares and she will do all that is in her power to improve the situation through her involvement.

Our hero is also grateful for all the friendly frogs who have been very supportive of her throughout her journeys and this last endeavor.