Recently I have tried, weather or schedule permitting, to walk around my neighborhood. On a good day I try to make two trips totaling over 2 miles. Usually I am so focused on finishing my walk and returning home that I hardly take time to pay mind to my surroundings. Yesterday though I found I had time to take my walk at a more leisured pace so I decided to take my camera along. As I walked I noticed many wild flowers and what would be considered more weed like flowers beginning to blossom. I began to walk around taking pictures of wildflowers and fields of mixed weeds earning me quite a few strange looks from neighbors driving by but I really did not care. Just taking time to stop and smell the flowers as cliche as that sounds made me realize how rushed our lives are. Sadly, I think this propensity towards rushing is getting worse with every generation. Everything has to be instantaneous now and it has been deemed quicker to text someone than to call them and speak to them directly. Maybe years from now people will miss the simple joy of getting a letter in the mail or being able to communicate with someone without butchering the English language to save time. Many other things have come back in favor even if only briefly as fad. Perhaps learning to slow down and reconnect with our surroundings will come back in favor but I am afraid it will be short lived fad at best.
I thought to share some of the sights I enjoyed yesterday so that others might take a moment to slow down and enjoy the simplicity of nature. Mother nature will never be instantaneous but it makes her beauty all the more enjoyable for the wait.
I really loved this writing! It was like straight from my mind (sorry if my English sucks), I mean, I also love to walk a lot, haven't been able now so much, since I've been ill, but it's truly one of my favourite activity. Lovely musing about the simple (and most important) joys of life!
ReplyDeleteYour English is perfect you are always so hard on yourself but I guess ones worse critic is themselves. I am sorry to hear you are still ill. I hope you get well enough soon to go wandering about. I quite enjoy your pictures. Thank you for the writing praise as well I was a bit nervous about that post to be honest.
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