Our court jester is back in another colored-pencil cartoon, this time trying to entertain his harlequin rabbit with a wand of bubbles. All goes well until he blows one enormous bubble that swallows him whole and lifts him gently into the air. As he floats along helplessly, his clever bunny knows exactly what to do, and with one well-timed hop, the bubble pops and the jester lands on the ground with a bump.
The jester meant to put on a show, and in a way he did, though not the one he planned. His little rabbit, calm the whole time, turns out to be the real hero of the story.
Sometimes our plans float off in directions we never expected. It is a gift to have someone nearby who can bring us back down to earth, gently and with a smile. May you have a friend like that today, and may you be that kind of friend to someone else.