There and Back Again

Pondering: When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. (Lao Tzu)

A feeling of elation washed over me today during my early morning walk. It was foggy when I set off for my four-mile walk. I could hardly see anything or anyone. The cool mist was biting but also invigorating. It was quite interesting to walk with the fog being as thick as it was, you never know what’s waiting ahead of you.

Very few people were out walking this morning, but the usual suspects who I always see in my morning walks had smiles on their faces, much like I did. We all greeted each other with warm hellos, and pleasant good-mornings. Could they have been enjoying a feeling of elation too? Happy to be alive on such a gloomy yet glorious morning?

At the end of the fourth mile, a hint of sun peeked from behind the thick fog - struggling to rise and dissolve the darkness. The view was spectacular. It felt like I was soaring through a moment I’ll never be able to capture again or even yet explain. This entry is an attempt to capture that moment but I am not doing a very eloquent job doing so. I wish I had a camera with me so I could have taken a picture of such a scene but the picture would not have captured the feeling I was feeling that moment - the feeling of being contented and just happy to be alive.

We all lead busy lives, we rarely get a glimpse of such a moment, or a glimpse of such a feeling. When you do - when I did today - you are thankful and somehow the rest of the day and the days to follow become somewhat bearable.