Yesterday, I decided to take a walk.
Taking a walk is not an out-of-the-ordinary thing to do, but it is
for me. I haven't taken a walk since I was, well, probably since I
was in college. Which wasn't THAT long ago, but it has been a few
years. I simply walked to the thrift store (I didn't buy anything,
mostly because I didn't want to carry it home). I walked the same
streets I drive every day, sometimes two or three or four times a
day. But as I was walking, I noticed something.
I was seeing things I had never seen
before. Even though I drove those streets a few times a day for a
year since I moved in, I was seeing things I had never seen before.
Some flowers here, a very pretty landscaping job there, or even just
neat aspects of architecture on the houses of my neighbors that I
never noticed. I also was greeted with a friendly “hello” from a
girl on a bike passing by.
My life has been a little slower the
past few days, because I have had some time off of work, but have not
had much resources to just go and drive places. I've had time to
really study out my Bible, pray, clean my house, organize some
things, and watch a couple movies that I have been wanting to watch.
I have been forced to look in my cupboards and creatively come up
with some food victories (and food failures... that I will probably
never make again). It's interesting when you slow down to smell the
roses.
Sometimes we get too wrapped up in the
“busy-ness” of life, that when life slows down we look for things
to make it busier, to fight boredom. Our society and culture today
has become instant-gratification-oriented. But between the instant
oatmeal and instant messaging, I encourage you to sit down and enjoy
the slow times. Dare to sleep in. Dare to actually do that project
you've been putting off. Challenge yourself to make something new
from what's left over in the cupboards instead of going out to your
favorite restaurant or taking a trip to the grocery store.
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