A Moment to Reflect
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 8:33AM 
First, I apologize for not having written a blog entry for a bit. Like many of us I have been busy handling all the little details that make up our lives. I have a house and a business, both of which take a great deal of work and attention. I am luckier then many that I really enjoy both my house and my business, but some days it is just so much work. I work too hard, I understand work, I need work, I work when I don't have too, I like work and how it makes me feel. That work may take many different forms and rise to many different challenges, but instead of worrying I work. Then, there are those days when it just all becomes too much and for a moment I just stop. Yesterday was one of those days. I ran the errands, I had to go to the grocery store, one of my least favorite jobs, and pick up a few other things along the way. I came home, put them away, puttered in the yard a bit, but then it happened. I sat down.
It was a very windy day, and I am on of those people that love the feel of the wind in my face, skydiving, motorcycling, sailing, stuff like that. It was too windy to try to do much in the yard which had been my plan for the day, so I just sat in the shade on my little deck and stopped. I watched the trees tossing and the sunshine and shadows dancing below. I heard the birds chattering, my wind chimes jingling, and somewhere in the distance someones music was drifting my way. My dogs had given up sniffing all the new scents of the day and chasing off any cats brave enough to enter (they have this game, the dogs and cats), and were now laying on the lawn. The grass is green from recent ways and probably needs to be mowed, but I ignored that thought. I just sat. What a wonderful gift our lives are. I remember now why I do all this. It is for those moments of clarity, of peace, of simple pleasure and joy that I have always been able to find in my world, but sometimes forget to look. There is much about the islands that remind us to look, the sunsets and waves and rainbows, but the beauty is everywhere. There is an artist in my soul and a little of my soul in my home and shop. How lucky is that?
I took the time today to stop and smell the flowers, I just wanted to share the moment.