The day began cold at 42 degrees. Heavy dew covered the lawns. When the sun was finally over the horizon I went for a brisk walk to soak in the sunshine and some vitamin D. The sky was a deep, brilliant blue, with scattered, wispy white clouds. One home I passed still had deep pink geraniums blooming, next to something purple, under an ash tree filled with orange red clumps of berries. As I walked the sidewalk lined with trees, the sun felt like a warm blanket as I passed between trees, whose branches created an almost magical canopy that made me think of an enchanted castle walkway. I turned a corner to find that the trees that had been covered in red and yellow leaves, now stood bare against the sky, those colorful leaves now providing a crunchy carpet for me to walk through. The sound made me giddy and I kicked and scuffed through the deep was of them with great joy! Another corner turned, different trees, this time in varied stages of turning colors and preparing to sleep for the winter. One tree had a full branch of bright red leaves next to branches of green. Trees covered in gold and red leaves stood silhouetted against a backdrop of a dark mountain which was dotted by the shadows of the clouds that stood still in the cool blue skies above it. The beanie on my head kept me warm, and the smell of the trees in the cool air, the warmth of the sun on my cold skin was almost intoxicating. I swear people passing by probably thought I was a crazy woman for the huge smile that filled my face the entire walk. I thanked GOD, our creator for the incredible beauty of each moment, for each bird chirp, for the whoosh, whoosh, whoosh sound of the raven’s flight overhead, for the colors, the sunshine, the sheer joy it was evoking in my soul.
I hope that you find this kind of joy in the world you live in. It’s there, you just have to silence the technology, and your mind to see it, to hear it, to feel it.
