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One of our fish died today. Some may not think it’s a big deal, and it wouldn’t be to just anybody, but when a connection is made with something so that MEANING now exists—well, that changes everything.

Dude and Sweet were Shubunkin goldfish. They started out at about the same size, but Dude grew quickly to three times bigger than petite Sweet. They shared an entire aquarium together, along with a few elusive snails, and every morning, Papa would greet them with the rise of their artificial sun. Every morning, they would come to his hand, greeting him themselves. Papa could put his finger into the water and the small Sweet would calmly approach him with her mouth to give him a morning kiss. The big Dude could not do this. Every morning, Papa and the fish shared greetings, conversation, and mutual attention. They didn’t judge each other or offer condemnations or scorn. They shared moments together and built meaning into their interactions.

Love doesn’t have any place in the superficial world, unless it is to transform it. Operating under a clock’s face, driven by external expectations of what one is “supposed” to do doesn’t serve love. It’s meant for the living, and life can found in atypical places and bodies.

If there is more of a connection between man and fish than man and mother, or man and another, then in that connection is where love is found.

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