Today after being called to the local neighborhood park,for emergency drink aid-a friend was doing landscape work and forgot to pack some hydration in his lunch pail (haha!!). Being the good friend that I am, I obliged ,after my lifesaving efforts were provided we took alittle walk along the nature trail resting on the bridge to admire the sights and sounds of nature. Serenity is found in the simplest of place, I admired the barks of different trees ,some were peeling, others already barren and white like gigantic calcified bones jutting out of the earth reaching for the sky!! The sounds of birds singing melodiously in their own choir,tickled my ears. The trickle of the small stream that ran it's course,making it's own path was soothing to watch-nature alive. I was at peace. We talked and laughed and did alot of being quiet. Taking it all in. When his lunch break was over,I thought aloud to come back in a couple of hours when I dropped my boy off at his evening activies to continue to bask in the glory of being outdoors and to continue the joy of being at one with nature. But, something happened before this could happen, I went home and went out into my own oasis and realized that I have my own lil park right in my own backyard, filled with the sights and sounds that I was quick to run off to,minus the lil creek-What my point is take pleasure in what is in your own backyard, we are often busy looking for pleasures outside of our own zones,when all we really need is right at our fingertips,or as simple as taking a step right outside our own door!!!
So true, RastaMomma-so much at our fingertips and often taken for granted! I'm gonna go for a walk in my subtropical hollow in just a minute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post/reminder to appreciate what we have before us. Often we get so caught up in silly tasks and stresses that we forget to walk outside and smell the roses
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