Serenity

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."

-John Muir

I had a bad day a few weeks ago.

And usually I just try to deal with it and get on with my day.

But this day, I couldn't.

I left work half way through the day and ran away.

For a couple of hours.

To one of my favorite spots.

And I just sat there.

This was the first time I had ever really done something like that.

But I discovered that it's probably something I need to do a little more often.

There was something so healing about sitting there - in the silence.

I read, prayed, thought and listened.

A little funny story though...

I was sitting there in really deep thought - out there in the middle of no where.

I had hiked out to my sitting spot.

And all of a sudden a voice behind me said, "Excuse me..."

Scared the crap out of me!

There stood a Highway Patrolman with his hand rested on his gun.

Sheesh.

I must've looked pretty scary!

He just asked if I was okay.  He had seen a car parked down the road

and wanted to make sure everything was alright.

I was a little more alert after that