A moment of perfect beauty

Today I had a moment of perfect beauty. I was getting an oil change for
JoDee's car. I wasn't sure if it was going to go over half-an-hour so I
asked my dad to come pick me up. Well, situations happened and I called
my dad. He forgot. That wasn't a problem though, because I know that
they've been busy with their move and thinking about all of the things
that need to make it happen. It also didn't seem like this was going to
take over a half-hour so I started fretting on what I would do. Usually
I just wait in the lobby, but because of COVID I decided to just take a
walk instead. There's a park behind the dealership so I just wandered
around the park. They're putting in a WWII memorial in this park so I
noticed one of the free lending libraries had a "Kilroy was here"
painted on the side. That made me smile because much of the computing
literature I read when I grew up had little doodles and what-not in
there, and one of them was "Kilroy was here". As I kept walking I
noticed a skate park where I'm sure folks learned or practiced their
skateboarding. I've never done any skateboarding (I look like a newborn
calf on rollerblades) but I admire folks who put in the time and energy
to make stuff like this happen. I made my way to the other end of the
park where I noticed something glimmering in the light. It looked like
it might have been a gazing ball or something like that, as though
someone made a little shrine over by the tree. Curious to find out what
was there I moved closer to it, only to discover not a shrine but a 16oz
beer can sitting perched within a tree. It was my creativity that turned
that into a small gazing ball adorning a makeshift garden. During the
walk I realized that my purpose is to use my creativity to make the
world ever so slightly better. My heroes have always been folks like Jim
Henson, Sid and Marty Krofft, Chris Crawford, and a myriad of game
designers and creative people. I adore creative folks. My job is to take
all of my talents and use them in whatever projects might come along.
Maybe that means I'm a dabbler in many different creative fields, but
even if one person can find a moment of perfect beauty in whatever I've
created then it'll totally be worth it. Even if it's just sharing the
story of a well-perched beer can nestled in a tree during a walk in the
park while waiting for an oil change.

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