Zoos

So my family came to Williamsburg for Thanksgiving, which was different and not that bad. It meant I slept on a couch bed, but that's like any other family vacation.

We went to Busch Gardens for their Christmas Town, which is quite impressive. They decorate everything with Christmas decorations, and it's almost like a different theme park. Overall cute, and well designed to get dem moneys.

That being said, one thing struck me really hard. They have a mini zoo with bald eagles, owls, and wolves.

In part I was in awe that I got to see these animals. Mainly the wolves. Wolves have some kind of regal, raw nature kind of beauty in my mind.

But the eagles had a plaque describing each one was damaged either by humans or nature, and would be kept there until death. I saw a bunch of flashes from cameras bombarding them, and part of me wanted to cry on their behalf.

The wolves were near the Ireland part of Busch Gardens, and the wolves of Ireland are said to be completely wiped out by man.

The animals had just become our exhibits, our toys. Robbed of the dignity of their own lives, robbed of their homes. I wonder if the eagles would have preferred death to this kind of life. If I were them and I think I might have chosen death. Both of them had been forced into this role that took them away from their pure form and replaced it with a human construct.

Man I'm struggling to place why... but it hurt me. How much more damage will we humans cause? What was the cost of everything that I'm using? The exhibits that I've seen? The knowledge that I've gained?

Bah... I also realized something cool. In case you guys didn't know, I really like nice things. I like it when things are done to the best of their ability. And in Heaven... there will be perfection. Goods will be nice. The coolest of technologies that we have now, will be made without destroying creation. We will all have access to the gifts of man's mind un-resetrained by sin. haha... I can't even imagine all the cool things that will exist.

And even cooler than all these cool or useful or just well designed items, will be the Lord. Present among us.

So much cooler, and so unrestrained by the things that hold us back now. I don't think there's more that needs to be said about that besides... Awesome sauce.