Letting go…
I get so caught up in the way things should be. I think this is the cause of most of my ongoing frustration with the entire world. I’m aware of this fact, but very rarely do I let it deter my normal course of actions. Walking today in Bellefonte, I came to the realization that I’m actually alive at a pretty cool time for this world of ours. As the sun shone down and the birds did their tweety thing on a 60º day in February, the reality of things was rather apparent. The climate’s changing, satellites on Victorian painted ladies reveal permeating technology. New European luxe-boxes parked beside aging jacked-up F-150s illustrate a growing affluence. It’s all rather breath-taking when you think about just how much change there really is…even if the jumble of today is an aggravating reminder that it’s not tomorrow just yet.
So yeah…I took a moment to be in today. I sat on a bench. I watched the locals and the trees and thought about how it will be 21º again in a few days and all this messy life will go into a grey hiding for awhile again.
I was glad to be an observer today.