When I sometimes stop to think about it, the world is so full of contradictions and hypocrisy. And, just because I notice it, it does not mean I am above it. I wanted to share a recent contradiction I have thought about in my life. It probably isn’t all that serious, and, you might share the same thoughts, but I thought it might be amusing to discuss.
My contradiction today is about bats. In real life, I am not really a big fan. I understand they have important roles in the biology of our ecosystem, and that is great, but I don’t need to hang around any. I had a close encounter with one a few years ago at our house, and that was downright terrifying to me. We fixed the opening in our attic that caused that close encounter, so all has been well. However, there is another part of the attic that was recently discovered to have an opening and also evidence of a bat being there. Again, we are actually planning to have that fixed today, and I haven’t dealt with any bats recently, but still it freaks me out a little that I might see one again. Yuck. Bats, you go do your thing away from me and I’ll do mine.
However, I started thinking about it, and then it hit me. I love the super hero Batman. All of the Christian Bale Batman movies are so good, and Batman 1989 is my absolute favorite. I don’t mind seeing the bats in a movie, so why are they so scary in real life? Honestly, I think the big reason is that real bats can carry rabies and disease, and no one wants that. For some reason, though, I think it is interesting that I love made up bats but not real ones. But, I know I am like that for many things – a bag of contradictions.