First off if I was told this I would have never believed it; but as there is a photographer there for almost all of our long runs, I was looking through the photos and saw a picture of all of us runners going right past these “bears.” They weren’t hidden, below us or even above us where we had to say “hey where are they agian” they were in plain sight and you can stand right next to them, and yet I ran right past them with out even releazing they were there. I know I ran right past them as I’m in a few photos going right past them.

Anywho this got me thinking what if they were real bears man would I have been a goner. Here I am not being aware of my surrondings and just too busy being focused on getting to my distanation, without enjoying or looking at what is being placed before me and around me. It’s kinda like how we are all in with life, we are so busy on getting to our distanation that we run right past oppurtnuties because it is something we’re not looking for.

Everyday there are things around us that wedo not noticed because one it wasn’t pointed out to us, we weren’t looking for it intintionally, and because we simpily ignore it. We are so focused on finshing “first” just so we can sut back and say yeah I did that and then complain.

It’s also kinds what we do with God. Even though I’m a person struggling with my faith and belief in him it doesn’t change the fact that God constantly places blessing and oppertunites in front of us and we ignore them because it is not given to us directly or simply because it is not what we are looking for. Based on this experince I now relieazed I need to slow down in life and stop trying to get to the finsih line as soon as I can because by doing this I’ll miss out on the blessings around me which will end up in missed oppurtunities and awsome blessings.

I think we all need to slow down a bit, open up our eyes to whats around us because if we keep going on a path of just wanting to finish and looking for things and blessinings that are fit to our asking we are going to miss out on great things and were eventually going to run into danger without even realizing it; and if it gets bad enough we may not even know how to get out of it, and well then be left lost and alone.

So let us all slow down a bit and if an oppurtunity comes up take it because it may be someting that God has planned for you that may be greater than you releaze, even if it is not something you intianially wanted because in the end it may be the greatest thing in life that you have ever comes across. I know for I fact that I myself need to start doing what I speak of.

Hope this actually posts

Yes, that song is Nick Drake’s Pink Moon from his album Pink Moon (1972). It’s sad that no one really knew about him until that commercial popped-up. He albums have sold more after his death than before.

Interestingly, he recorded the whole album in 2 days. His music is classified as Folk Rock. I have been listening to him for the past 12 days and reading up on his life. He has tremendous guitar skills and his voice is so smooth. If you listen to the words, they might seem autumnal and sometimes depressing, but magical at the same time. He was definitely before his time.

I am in the beginning phases of learning to play guitar. I hope to be able to play a few of his songs one day and hopefully do them justice.

And Alison Krauss is one of my top 5 female singers. She can pull off a concert with Bluegrass as well as a country/pop flare. She’s dynamic.