Nature's Call

It’s a funny thing, you know, this thing called “Nature’s Call”. The other day I was doing some thinking of my own on this subject, I really don’t know why but I do that once in a while and I realized there are probably as many versions of this saying as there are opinions. So I thought I’d pen maybe three with a stunning conclusion based on three different ages and circumstances.

The first is based on the age bracket of our teenagers. It’s seems so odd to me how when I asked my kids, when they were at that age, to give me a hand with something, it would take a team of four oxen to drag them from their den and they would often have the same demeanour. Yet strangely they could suddenly rise for any occasion when a friend phoned. May that is the “call of the wild” being attributed to a type of nature, the nature of knowing what is really important.

The second opinion of Nature’s Call comes when you get to that age when the call usually comes from down the hall. You know that room with the door on the left, textured with the cold tile
floor. I can’t say for certain but I have heard from some that they hear the call a couple of times a night. I’m just glad it can be answered inside now. I feel bad for the “good ol’ days”; some things didn’t seem so good.


The last view I have of Nature’s Call is what Jane and I experience almost every morning. Laying in bed and realizing that something just isn’t right. You hear noises from outside that you know shouldn’t be heard at about 4:30 in the morning. I have often been tempted to remind the most notorious of the culprits that my friend, Colonial Sanders, has a bucket waiting for them with their name on it. But then I would have to tell the mules, dogs and cows the same thing. I could always try to teach them how to tell time but then who would be the real donkey!


So I have come to the stunning conclusion, that the last of the three scenarios is the best to get used to. After all, staying in bed all day can give you bed sores, and you become lazy while getting up two or three times a night can make you grumpy and crabby. Whereas hearing Natures Call at 4:30 in the morning means you still have a pulse and another opportunity to make it a great day so “Rise and truly Shine!”