I finished the dishes and then I "ran away." I ran away from the unswept floor, the unsniped beans, and the dust setting on the furniture. I ran away from all the house work....for just a while.
I ran away to sit a while on the porch swing. To hear the wind in the leaves, to hear the rain falling softly, to feel the cool breeze, to see the bright green of the leaves and grass just after a refreshing rain. To hear the gentle roll of thunder, to just sit awhile and watch the evening end.
I don't do this every evening, you know!! I'm usually too busy to see the bat as it comes out to play. I'm usually too busy to sit and treasure today....this moment of the evening as it closes.
Oh, I know today wasn't perfect...today was filled with lots of mistakes and problems. And the mosquitoes are biting me as I sit here watching the darkness fall, but there will never be another evening just like this.
Listen, I can't see them but I hear them. Geese, probably flying south for the winter. I would have missed hearing their lovely call if I would've been in the house sweeping the floor.
There, the sound of a grasshopper. I would've missed that to if I would have been in the house dusting the furniture.
Oh I know there is a place for working hard and going to bed feeling "a -good-kind-a" exhausted, but just don't forget to sit and rest awhile. Don't get too wrapped up in work that you forget to see the beauty around you. Don't get too busy to treasure the moment your living in right now...today.
