What do you see?
A mini forest butts up to the deck. Tree branches spread their arms and create a wall of lush green and amber. Invisible birds call to one another, making flickering sounds as they land and take off from the thick foliage. Life is in full bloom and the forest is alive.
Life in the Fast Lane
It’s life as a young adult or middle-ager. Too much to do crowds our days so there’s no time to just stop and be still. One branch of our lives touches another, like our minutes and hours. No space. No time.
And there are so many trees! Our social network grows—people from work, church, school, our neighbors and relatives. Events like baby showers, weddings fill our calendars and then things thin out.
There are funerals. People move away. We dedicated ourselves to our life’s work, our job, and now are retired. Children grow up and out of the house too soon. When we look at the landscape of our lives in later years, what do we see?
Hidden Gems
Same forest. Different time. Branches are bare, but the trees remain strong and straight and reveal what had been there unseen all the time. I see houses emerge from the now skeleton woods. Hidden values, native wisdom, spiritual growth appear.
Wisdom born of age will grow if we discover and value what had been there all the time.
Being outdoors is so settling for our brains! I love my walks out in the lake park behind me, especially in the fall. All the noise of the political world goes away and you are one with the universe.
Nothing like Mother Nature.
Thank you my good friend I needed these words of wisdom
And I needed to discover them!
Last year, my husband and I entirely missed the fall season. We down-sized and bought a townhouse in Churchville. We moved in with family until our new house was ready in January. This year, we relished taking in the beautiful Fall display Mother Nature had created for us. I have filled my camera with photos of walks taken this season. God’s creation is amazing! Your words echo my sentiments. Be well, my friend.