Your World, Delivered.

"Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the moments that take your breath away."
- Hitch the Movie

I've come to realize something lately and that is the difference in people. I'm not simply talking about how people are unique, but in how they interact with the world. This is the difference in those who walk through the puddle to those who avoid the puddle and scowl at those who frolic through it. The difference in those who observe the brilliant changing leaves on a tree and those who walk by, head down, unfettered. The difference in those who hold time captive in the eyes of those they love and those who simply give a glance of acknowledgment. I suppose then, the difference in those who participate in this world and in nature and those who take the time to observe and understand the actual scale of things.

I fear in this day and age we are too content in covering up that which makes things beautiful in favor of efficiency. We build highways over lakes instead of taking scenic back roads. We move to a world of human construction for the sake of convenience and "ease of living". Even now, before you started reading this you observed the length and decided in that moment if you wanted to spend the time reading, regardless of content. Such do we in our daily lives. We observe things simply in a passing moment, only if we happen to stumble across it, regardless of the true beauty it may hold.

There seems to be a correlation between those who observe and the relative happiness of that person. An observer of nature, as I've come to understand, realizes that what they are seeing is apart of something greater. They are the one who walks through the puddle, realizing that water dries and this substance falling from the sky is much more than a simple inconvenience; that this substance provides life to that which is around them, no small miracle. It's almost as if that by taking time out of their schedule or diverting their mind however briefly from the petty worries of their physical world, they tap into something greater and perhaps even briefly understand that this beauty can only be crafted, that this world and universe is full of moments like these. They understand the value of time. Not necessarily in how to best organize their schedule, but the value of a minute spent observing the nature around them.

What if that were true? That the worries of this world pale in comparison to the beauty that surrounds us. Life would be much different. But look at your life now, has not everything you at one time worried about been ultimately resolved? And what thing remained? Beauty, nature. And what does this beauty and nature do? Nothing. It just is, it's present. It doesn't worry if rain will fall tomorrow or it will bear fruit the next season. It exists in the moment, displaying its beauty to all who care to observe. Know anyone like this? Who seems undisturbed by present worries and takes time to enjoy the everyday magnificence? They usually are quite forgiving when you arrive a few minutes late or realize that most inconveniences matter not in whole scheme of things.

So I suppose our call to arms is this: to not just participate in nature, but to touch it, feel it, and be with it. To sit down and take a lesson from it. It's been here longer than us. Maybe once we start taking notes from nature and enjoying it we can take life into perspective, that it's not all about seeing what's ahead and worrying about this or that, but instead about being here and now, appreciating what's right in front of you. Besides, when was the last time you took a walk to be surrounded by nature and despaired?


"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it’d be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."
- Unknown