Day 85 ~ Vacate the Premises
Mar 26, 2014
My first: I finally took a walk across the bridge over the small
lake on the right as I enter Mascoutah.
I was in Mascoutah helping out a
woman who had just had foot surgery. She knows all about my “firsts” since we
have become good friends with my many visits. I told her that when I leave I
would be stopping to walk across that bridge that I see every time I enter
Mascoutah to come see her. She agreed that this would be a good one for me to
do. She loves photography too so she understands the concept of different perspectives.
The day was a bit cold and
blustery, but I was determined to check this out. I parked my car and got the
camera in my phone ready to snap away as I came closer and closer to my
destination. The trail to the bridge and the bridge itself looked and felt so
different from where I usually perceive it, Route 177. The paint was
peeling as the bridge showed its age. I watched from the bridge as the cars zoomed
by. I thought about the people inside on their way home from a long day’s work, just
like me...but not today.
I vacated those daily doldrums of
driving straight home from work thinking about all those everyday thoughts. What
is a vacation? Two, Three, Four weeks out of a year? How about a half hour out of
one day? My vacation was right there! Are you jealous yet? You should be! On my
drive home from the bridge, I noticed everything around me…the fields, the sky,
the birds. I took it all in and felt total joy. I took a snippet of time out of
my day to embrace something familiar but different and got so much more! Yes, it
was only a bridge…big deal, right?
How often do we pass on by a thing,
a person, a moment? Guilty! If nothing else, this year of “firsts” has taught me to SEE all that is in my life that I haven't noticed for a very long time. I encourage anyone
who will listen (or read this) to open up, allow, notice, embrace the goodness
of life. It is there! Trust me…it is there…
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