Views

When we had just bought our new house and were getting it ready to move in, a friend was working on the house. He said, “Boy, that is quite a view you have there. It never quits.” I honestly was surprised. I hadn’t paid attention. With all the problems with buying the house (trouble spots on the house’s evaluation, prior owner’s bankruptcy and all its complications; and those are just 2 of many things) I hadn’t paid attention to the surroundings. I went out and looked. Holy crap! It had a great view! I was sitting outside last night and reflecting on this story. Here are pix of the view from one seat, moving across the valley. If you could line them up, they make a long picture.

Talk about missing the forest for the trees. I know we all get myopic vision at times. My MS tends to do that to me. I get so bound up in panic for my losses, I forget to look at the other, better things that are all around me. Eventually, I usually wake up and notice, Holy crap! Things aren’t as bad as I obsess them to be. There is hope. Light at the end of the tunnel—and maybe, just maybe, it isn’t from a train rushing to crush me.

Now, since we moved in last year, we have all come to appreciate the view here. Literally. We spent most every summer evening out looking at the lights, distant traffic, stars, moon. Of course it was ‘quality’ time for us as a family. And even free.

I hope you have Holy crap! views in your life too.