Coffeecup02blog
Today, for some reason, I was in a very observant state of mind. I was driving home from work (this is the odd Sunday where I had to work for an hour or so) and noticed a beautiful house with a fountain in front (it was covered by a large tarp). I couldn’t wait to see it in the summer! However, I immediately thought: "Wait! I have driven past this house in the summer…and the autumn and the winter…and have never even noticed it before!" D’oh! I was also driving to the YMCA today and noticed that there is a giant beautiful blue house on the route I always take named after a large bird. Wow! It’s amazing the things a person can notice when actually paying attention!

There is a point to my rambling, so bear with me. It’s amazing how quickly life can go by and we can’t even slow down to get a few little pleasures out of it. Sometimes I feel like I’m always trying to be happy by reaching a point rather than finding happiness in getting there. Noticing these little things after months of driving right by them kind of sums up how quickly I live my life. Maybe some things are passing me by.

So, this Lent I think one of my goals will be to simply slow down. To mix two sayings, I’m going to stop and smell the coffee (and drink it too).

Photo by Jonathan Bennett (I’m messing with Picasa 2)