Do you remember when you were little, and you’d look up at the clouds and wonder how they were moving? Or thought they were fluffy places to go sleep like pillows of cotton? Or even looked up and saw something in them, an animal or a face? The white against the blue sky so beautiful, you knew it, even really young, that there was something inexplicable about the way it looked. You knew beauty. It awed you. It felt a lot like the ocean flipped upside down, instead, above you, like a mirror image, and you felt those feelings of peace and tranquility in just the colors.
Now, it seems, we’re more interested in our laptops or phones or taking the next best picture of the clouds to share with our social media friends instead of just looking up at them and marveling or stopping to breath them in, to place a blanket down on the ground and stay still on our backs, eyes gazing into the nothingness or perhaps some great somethingness, taking comfort in knowing that while we DO know why those clouds are moving now, there’s still something magical about it. Today was one such day. Those clouds against a picture-perfect blue sky where the clouds were effortlessly rolling by without a care. And so, I took a bit of time to enjoy them. Driving, I pulled over into a park, and just sat. Phone off. No laptop. No taking a pic to post to show everyone, and I felt like a kid without a care in the world for a few moments. No worries but the moment in front of me, like those clouds themselves. Fall does that anyway. That crisp air, not too cold, not too hot, but just right, the smell of youth and new beginnings. And I could feel the tears before they came, the bottled-up emotions of stress and lack of time and the constant: I must. I must. I must do. But I don’t. I don’t HAVE to do. And lately, I’ve been realizing just that. We have a whole world going on with or without us. The clouds are still going to move whether I make a post on Facebook or send out a tweet or sell books or worry about people doing what they say they will do. The clouds, however, will be constant. And the sky. And the sun setting and rising. And the musts. So I decided, I’m going to embrace the mustn’ts for a change, even if for one series of short moments strung together. And I swear, I saw a rocking horse in one of the clouds as I was packing up to leave. It's what inspired this blog. But you’ll get no proof from me. Nope. I’m afraid you’re just going to have to believe me…that magical moments can still happen – if we take the time to make them.
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9/5/2019 18:09:37
In some ways I'm glad that I'm not of the smartphone generation. Often when I'm out, my phone never leaves my handbag. I can go all day and not look at it until I go to bed and use the phone as my alarm, and am surprised to see a text message there. Of course, I have my laptop, and I do use it a lot, for writing, reading, chatting etc. As a single person, living alone, its part of my social life, but when friends or family visit, I close the laptop until they have gone.
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Diane
9/5/2019 21:40:54
Thank you for your posts. I may not comment alot on them but I really enjoy reading them each week. I can see poetry in the things you write so don't stop.
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Diane
9/5/2019 21:41:44
I just didnt want u to think people dont read them.
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Mae
9/5/2019 22:46:26
Love this post! Your words are beautiful and touches my senses. Love the Creator and His creation.❤️❤️❤️
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R.B.
8/19/2021 11:38:04
Thank you!
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Nasir
9/9/2019 11:17:03
In the Blue Sky
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R.B.
8/19/2021 11:46:06
Beautiful.
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