Update to my dining room cricket dilemma…I was in the bathroom last night, brushing my teeth, when I looked down and witnessed the offensively loud chirping cricket hop onto the rug right near my feet.
This was quite a distance for a cricket to travel, but without really thinking about that (and I should have), I reached down, scooped him up with a page hastily torn out of a book, and dropped him in the toilet.
And flushed.
As the water was swirling and he “swam” away, I instantly thought that I had missed a valuable opportunity to have a chat with another species.
Why in the world did s/he visit me like that? Was it random or was there a message I was meant to hear?
I should have paused and taken a moment to put myself in that little cricket’s shoes (so to speak) and I now wonder what that action attempted to communicate or convey.
Instead, I lost a potential new friend and even more importantly, I acted in haste and without concern for his/her welfare.
Anyway, I’m really, REALLY sorry. Je regrette mes actions.
On the other hand, that was apparently the source of the late night chirps…
Arthur Schopenhauer said it best:
Enchanted Seashells by Princess Rosebud 
I’m sorry that you lost your opportunity to talk to a potential friend. Maybe next time you’ll choose differently. I found a spider in the produce I was washing yesterday. I wasn’t ready to communicate, but my daughter took it back out to the garden for me as I continued preparing supper. But earwigs beware! Those things creep me out and might result in squishing. 🤷🏻♀️
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Eww. I hear you about earwigs. I ‘m surprised that I responded so abruptly! Next time I will definitely THINK.
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I’ve felt the same, after stepping on a bug. It should be noted that humans rank some insects and would never kill. Butterflies due to their beauty. Honey bees because of the produce, and then the pain they can inflect, like a Black Widow.
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I think it’s our innate sense of entitlement and lack of compassion. I thought I was better than that, but I guess I’m not! Thank you for visiting!
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I felt bad after killing a cockroach by flipping it on to a hotplate. It wasn’t kind. Je regrette.
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je comprends. I regretted it too, and still feel horrible.
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