Simple things in life

[TygerEyez]

I've just had an epiphany, unless I spelled that wrong, and then I had something else.

Do you ever have those days where you wake up, and nothing is going your way? And I mean, everything is wrong. You're late, you ran out of coffee, you lost your keys, your coworker got the raise that you should have gotten. Everything.

And for some reason, it really doesn't matter?

My younger sister went to the beach this morning, early, and I got up to help her pack the cooler. Since I was awake, I went driving. Aimlessly driving around the town, windows rolled down, one of my favorite Celtic cd's in the player. And as I drove, I realized something.

I realized that I am in love.

*grins* It's not the normal kind of love, but anyone who has ever been in love will know exactly what I'm talking about. See, there's this road. I take it every day to work, have been on it countless times, and for the first time this morning, I realized it is my favorite place in the world.

Pez will know what road, but for those who don't, there is a street in Crown Point, Indiana that leads toward the fairgrounds. Just before it gets to the intersection, it curves once to the right, then to the left. There are trees hugging the road, shading it. It's there that I'm most happy. Just driving, feeling it for a brief few seconds, it's bliss. Right where the shade starts, and the sun ends. It's so beautiful.

But I'd never realized just how extraordinary it was until today.

So, I'm not in love with any person in particular, or any thing at all. But everything.

Today I realized I was in love with Life.

 

[plasticman33]

That is very special and uplifting! I think I'll take the backroads home tonight!

 

[marksgirl]

I always take the back roads, they are alot more fun...less traffic too!

 

[celiaKitten]

I know what you mean. Life is so much more satisfying when you can stop and find pleasure in those small things you normally don't pay any attention to.

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[ShyGuy68]

One of the simple things that I enjoy here in life is to watch the sunset over the water when I get around to it. I don't know why I like it so much, but it just make me feel so good to watch how the sun dissapear in what seems like a thousands different colors when the day are starting to end.

I have some pictures I've taken off sunsets here:

http://shakes_68.tripod.com/moodpics.htm

and here:

http://64.224.49.71/Pictures/hollandbeach.htm

 

[TygerEyez]

*smiles happily* I knew you guys would understand.

I was just driving, I felt it, and I was like "wow... I have to share that with someone..."

None of my friends (except Pez) would have understood. But you guys got it, and I'm so glad you did.

Plasticman, if you think it sounds uplifting, you should find yourself a road, or something where it's completely normal one day, nothing exciting at all and then suddenly: Wham! You can't imagine being happier elsewhere, or you don't ever want to miss it again.

It makes you realize that every breath is a gift. Everytime you hear the wind rustle through the leaves of a tree, or water trickle down the side of a stream, kids laughing, the way the pavement is still warm long after the sun sets.... *smiles* It makes you want to hold onto life.

And Shyguy? Those pictures were fantastic. Absolutely breath-takng. Thanks for them!

 

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[ShyGuy68]

And Shyguy? Those pictures were fantastic. Absolutely breath-takng. Thanks for them!

*swoon I got a from TygerEyez ... wow*

Thank you, it's always nice to know that people like ones pictures

 

[markb325]

Tygereyez that is something very few people get. To fall in love with life itself is something very special and very rare these days. Enjoy what you have found and share it with who ever.

 

[Xander]

The simpler things in life.

It is when I sit down at the table, with a bowl of spaghetti and feel to myself.
"Right now this is the most perfect thing in my world." Close my eyes and all other thoughts slowly disappear from my mind, leaving me in peace

 

[unclej]

yep

 

[TygerEyez]

*swoon I got a from TygerEyez ... wow*

Thank you, it's always nice to know that people like ones pictures

I never knew you wanted a from me. All you had to do was ask, you dink. lol

 

[Expertise]

Little pieces of perfection do that to me....

putting on warm socks right out of the dryer

placing a fly cast at the perfect point in a riffle

a warm evening in late September with just the slightest nip in the air.

At these moments the universe seems alligned and perfect and you "Get that feeling in your chest"

 

[T.H. Oughts]

Re: Re: Simple things in life

That is a feeling that has come over me in the last three months...mind you, it probably has something to do with seeing the world with the aid of a very special man.

Will you stop stealing my thoughts girl !!!!!!!!!

 

[bluemuse]

Lovely thread TygerEyez. I've had that very same feeling wash over me while driving alone. I hope that it stays with you.....

 

[Dessert]

TygerEyez, you've just brightened my day. Thank you so much!

 

[TygerEyez]

You're more than welcome, Dessert.

I hope it does too, bluemuse.

Expertise? Um... I'm not being sarcastic at all, but what's a riffle? *genuinely curious*

 

[Expertise]

A "riffle" which should have been riffel is a small wave caused by a submerged rock in a stream or river. Salmon and trout like to "lay" behind them.

 

[ShyGuy68]

I never knew you wanted a from me. All you had to do was ask, you dink. lol

Who am I to say no to from a lovely woman? That would be silly wouldn't it?

And there are so many things you dream about in life, that you don't always blurt out isn't there?

 

[intrigued]

What a lovely topic!

I get this feeling when I am driving, too. I love to drive, I just love that feeling, and its even better when I add music to the scenario. But the clincher is when theres someone on your mind. I make a little trip every sunday evening to pick up my kids from their Dads, and I eagerly look forward to that drive, to feel the car at my command, to take in the sunset and trees, to feel the music, and to think of someone who carries me so far away and gives me those little butterflies in my chest....its the best.

I am a simple things lover...I love sitting outside at night, listening to all the little night creatures, I love looking at the stars, I love fresh laundry, I love snuggling with a quilt and pillows on my sofa in candlelight, and I love my music. I love waking up and finding my 5 year old sprawled across me, just staring intently into my eyes...waiting for me to wake up. I love that smell of Coffee as I hit the kitchen each morning..and I love the Sunday paper. I love Sundays, period. So many little things...these little things are what tells me "alls right with the world". I need them, and would really miss them were they not there.

 

[Cheyenne]

My grandpa taught me to take the back roads and enjoy the scenery. I didn't agree with him at the time but I must have been listening. Now I drive just like he always did.

There was a tree lined road like the one in this thread not too far from my home until urban expansion took over about 10 years ago and that street was widened. I liked it the old way- one lane and lots of shade.

 

[marksgirl]

I live in a town rich with historic lovely victorian homes, one of the things I love to do is to drive by them and dream. They are so pretty, but you have to take the back streets to see them. The other day I saw a horse running down one of the roads. Here in my town you never know just what you may see, another reason to take the back streets.

 

[someplace]

I love getting away from it all in my car

I've always taken the back roads when I can. Old trees give me a special thrill, especially when they guard old houses.

Last week I broke away and drove a bit across Texas. I feel like I can finally BREATHE in the open spaces away from the city. I took this for Naded, but you'll appreciate why I love the open spaces so much:

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/952296eb/bc/uploads/Texas+Sky.jpg?bc.dwW9AS8HGGrEV



okay, so I AM the techno-boob and can't get this to work right, but click on all that stuff up there and you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

[StrawberryPez]

I just want to bumb muh friend's thread.

It is a beautiful and wonderful thing