Home Aquarium - A Peace-of-Mind Sanctuary

Home Aquarium - A Peace-of-Mind Sanctuary

Dr Abe V Rotor

Sunlight pierces through a glass aquarium and bathes the colorful fish, 

bringing in freshness and quaintness into a home.  Courtesy of Leo 

Carlo, author's son, aquarium enthusiast. Lagro, QC.

Touch the fish through glass and they respond to food and company, when everything's so quiet after work, and having gone through heavy traffic, arriving home for late supper and bedtime;

Talk to the fish like any human in his absence, and tell them of your worries and woes, and they will console you in their silence and dainty movement, gliding with joy and cheerful disposition;

Sing to them, sing with them, hum your favorite melodies, recite a verse or two from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's A Psalm of Life, and Ella Wilcox's "laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone;"

Rejoice with the fish like all living organisms for being endowed with that singular gift of living, though "we pass this way but once," and luckier we humans are for our longevity that surpasses most creatures; 

Reflect and meditate, in your own way, reach out beyond rationality, into the realm of reverence for life, with the fish you now have under your care, and if this is not offering, then it is thanksgiving.  ~