Enjoying the Ordinary

Caterpillar!!!

One of the things I've loved about having this blog this year is how it has inspired me to really see the beauty around us.

By "really see", I mean that I have taken the time to notice, give attention to, think about, ponder, and put words to the sight.  

This has resulted in me having a greater appreciation of the world and awareness of the beauty outside, inside, and around us all. 

And this revelation and lesson is something that I have learned in Guatemala and never want to lose: How to take the time to really see. 

Or, to put it in more blunt words: Stop thinking that my actions of doing life are more important living life.

So, in an effort to continue encouraging myself to really see and to begin a conscious pursuit of living life stateside, I am going to continue blogging a bit. 

This will encourage me to continue carrying my camera, continue looking for quotes, and continue pondering stories and really noticing, giving attention to, thinking about, pondering, and putting into words the world around me and the actions of living life.

I can't promise every day or week, but I hope that this serves as some accountability to maintain the lessons I've learned of being and not just doing.

You don't have to read or look, but if you see me around and I'm running like a chicken with my head cut off, smack me upside the head and ask, "are you living or doing"  or "what have you really seen this week?"

Hopefully that will be a wakeup call for me.  Maybe for us all?

"Days pass, years vanish, and we walk sightless among miracles"