One thing that has been quite entertaining for me as I am trying to adjust to a new life, in a new state, with a unique culture, has been finding fun things to do. Usually, I spend my Sundays as a fun day. It’s usually a day I get to relax and enjoy with friends. However, where I live now, everything is closed on Sundays! It’s so weird to me! Driving around I felt like I was in a ghost town and I wondered if I should be scared. It took me a while to figure out why.
So, one beautiful Sunday I was out on a drive, which I just have to say the mountains and terrain here is quite beautiful and well worth a drive. While I was out on a drive I felt like I had the world to myself. No one was around. As I drove into the mountains leaving the city behind, I felt like I was free from stress and could go anywhere and do anything with an amazing surge of excitement. I haven’t felt that in so long!
As I drive through the canyon with beautiful mountains on each side, I see signs of spring starting to show. Being a girl from warmer states growing up, I personally am extremely excited to see snow melting and flowers popping. However, there was a calming peace between the two seasons in this moment. I pulled over down a popular tail into the mountains and began thinking things over.
We’ve all done that, right? The check list in our mind that doesn’t seem to end of all we need to do, or at least figure out how to do these things. Well, this was me for a good hour or so walk down this beautiful path until I realize I spent so long on this walk thinking about things I can think about at home. I wasn’t appreciating where I was or what I was doing with my day off. So, I started paying more attention to the world around me. Before long I began to see some amazing details and hearing the waterfalls off the mountains into the river, and all my stress was gone. I began seeing some truly beautiful things and animals!
I had a great time walking down this path. Maybe next time I can find a new adventure or place to explore and discover! I can’t help but wonder, if everyone took time off like that to stop thinking about their stresses, no matter how big or small they might be, do you think the world be a lot less stressful? Why are we all so high strung all the time? I don’t know about everyone else in this big beautiful world but I am going to try and enjoy more of the beautiful part of our world and less of the stressful parts.
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