Out in the woods.
12:52:00 PM
I'm not quite sure if there's anything more clarifying for the mind than being out in the open wilderness. I shut my wifi off and only took my phone out to snap a couple pics - and it felt good, you know? In a sense, to me, nature is synonymous with spirituality and proposes this positive outlook that isn't hard to miss.
I probably drank more coffee than I should have. I love coffee, but I try not to drink it. All it does is keep me up at night and give me heart palpitations. I also took time to write in an uncoerced kind of nature/setup.
Enjoy these pictures. I hope it gives you a glimpse into feeling what I felt.
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| Keep looking up. |
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| I've been actually reading this Eckhart Tolle book for over a year now.. I can't seem to focus and get the whole message of the book on a regular night, so I only pick it up when I can be still for a moment. |
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| These two things travel everywhere with me. I don't know what could be better than capturing the moment physically or in literate nature. Inspiration strikes everywhere, don't be fooled. |
Truly,
the best part is the bonfire at the end of the night. It's almost like a
trip down memory lane. We always end up talking about the ones in our
family who have passed on, and I think everyone holds back the tears. We
tell stories about growing up and wonder about the generations to come.
We talked about God and ghosts and watched the full moon run its cycle
two nights in a row. We listened to the wolves howl and the dog barks
that followed.
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don't know why I thought of it at that moment but, one day, it's
probable that our kids' kids' kids' kid won't know any of these stories.
Maybe we'll be the ones they talk about that have passed on; maybe they
won't talk about it. We'll be gone before we know it. I snapped myself
out of it. It made me feel a little weird inside. We're not put on this
earth for very long and we all strive for our stories to be remembered.
If
there's anything you can count on, it's me dragging my cousins out
nightly to watch the sunset. I made them run to catch it, and we barely
did. It wasn't the most spectacular, but it was still something. They
didn't complain once. I made Jacob run with a messed up knee. I guess
that's what family is for.
So if there's anything I encourage you to do when you have time, it's to put your phone down for a couple seconds and take a moment for yourself to reflect. Look around. It really shouldn't take much more than waking up in the morning to be thankful. It's worth it all.
x lj
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