Living Rarefied

I couldn't wait to go see this movie, so I went last night with the Little One…

My parents saw it in the afternoon with my older sister and had nothing but great things to say.

I didn't learn so much about just the "love" piece.. But mostly on the committment and the results of committment. If you take a look at a year of the penguin's life, there exists 100% complete determined committment. Each year the male and female each make a trek over 70 miles (2-4 weeks worth of walking) about 5-6 times, back and forth to meet and to get food to feed the newborn. The male goes without food, loses half of his body weight, standing in -100 degree temperatures with 100 MPH winds, sandwiched with thousands of other males they dont really know, for 4 months.. Just to protect the egg while the mother goes to the ocean to get a bite to eat! Some of the males die, some of the eggs are rendered helpless as the males can be blown over by the wind…

But there are many similarities to humans..

They fight for a mate, just as we do. There are more females than males, so they fight over their men. The males love it and sit to the side and watch… They show affection by touch and closeness to each other and have their own communication. Each just like annoying couples and their PDA

If a penguin can commit like that to a gal he just met, why can't I commit to small things? Praying more often, workout schedule, going to bed at a reasonable time… And this is what their life consists of.. They have 2 months off before they make the March back to the breeding grounds.

I can only strive for the level of committment that an Emperor Penguin has for it's mate…

Ethan testing