The Beauty of Change

Have you ever gone down a road that you have never been down before and find yourself amazed at what you find? Shops and restaurants that you have never been to, or scenery that you thought couldn't be there some how always seem to adorn these untraveled roads and paths. So many times we get so caught up in the day to day routines and seldom change it up. We become slaves to a daily trend of monotony and discontentment.

I found myself on a road I have never been on today, at first it was somewhat of a let down, and then I made the turn into the country. It was one of the most beautiful scenes I have witnessed in a long time. It was a rainy day and the clouds were heavy and lying low over the mountains hiding their peaks in a mask of whispy white vapor. The mountains met the ground below transitioning from the last little patches of snow into a green spring paradise. There were puddles of water that formed miniature ponds that reflected the greys and white’s above. Trees littered the landscape making groups of black snarled abstract art pieces. Some appeared to be reaching upward trying to grasp whatever water out of the air they possible could before the clouds moved on.

An old wood fence followed the road and stuck out silhouette like against the grass and weeds. There were gold spots of moss thriving on the water soaked posts that captured my eyes gaze for a moment and then they moved up. A row of power lines disappeared and reappeared in and out of the fog draped mountain side and eventually came down into a small town. The countryside looked like a painting.

I will always cherish the short moment I was on that road. I know that the chances of seeing it like that again are pretty rare. I have forgotten the great pleasure that can come from just simply going down a new road. I want to keep things changed up and different. I know it will be hard; our natural state is to go into a routine, to stick to a plan. Why do we conform to it? We always let it determine what we do and where we go. I know I have had times where I go off into a thought and find myself at my destination and don’t even remember half the drive. Its things like that that make me understand that I really need change.

To many times I think we are afraid of change. If we change it won’t be the same as we like it, it will be too different. I know as a young child I had a very difficult time with change. I hated having to go back to school after the summer break had tempered down. When my oldest sibling left it took me quite a while to adjust. I am much better now but the sting of change still gets to me on occasion. I want to embrace change. My arms are wide open and I am ready. I am ready to stumble upon that new road. Are you ready to find that road of your own? Take a deep breath and get ready. You never know the beauty that is just around the corner waiting to be discovered.