lessons from the highway....

took my walk this morning...
got to my half way good morning world spot
up at the highway.
i usually ignore the cars, pretend they aren't there...
but today, i watched them for some reason.
and i gasped!
there's a slight turn in the road around the bend.
i can't see beyond it cause trees block the way....
i can just see the cars entering the bend....
and as i watched, i watched them drive into
golden light!
gasp!
ohmygosh! look at that!
and i stood and watched car after car enter the
golden light....ohhhhhhh wow.
look at that......
do they know they're turning golden???

ohhhh wonder what it looks like when they leave it?
so i looked at the cars comin' out of the light
into the regular part where i was.....
couldn't really see a change....

oh ho ho.
this got me goin' all the way home.

i thought about life, about the journey.
about turnin' the bend into the golden light...
do i notice that i change color then too?
and then leavin' it and not really noticin'
the change until you're way beyond it....

my walk took on a whole symbolic thing and
i looked at the street different....
over here you get lost in the trees and you
feel peace....over here the sky grabs you
and you're inspired....oh my gosh! look down
there! it's actually hazy/foggy or something!
look at that! that's the lost, confused part
of it all...then there's the kooky dog..he's
part of it all too......there's the animals
and the neighbors....

can't forget the neighbors....
the people who need help along the way, the
people who help me back along the way, the ones
i avoid and just wave at, the ones i want to
stop and talk to....

i was really carried away at this point and totally
into it when i arrived back at my house....
zakk was outside!
he was lost in his own thoughts.
he later told me he was thinking 'i'm tired, and i'm
cold, and i'm grouchy.' when i walked right up to
his face. he didn't see me coming.
gave him a big HI ZAKK! like i hadn't seen him in years.
made him jump.

this played into the whole thing....
the loved ones along the way, the horseplay along the
way (because once i heard he was grouchy, there had
to be horseplay!)

i walked up my front steps into the house and kept
on goin' with it......
there's the cozy shelter along the way....

it's all one big ol' journey.
if i could just keep this darn thought in my head.
i have it over and over again....but i don't seem
to have it when i need it.....

you just keep walkin, the bend changes, people change,
the weather changes....

and you just keep on walkin'.......

til you can't anymore.
it's that simple.

if only i could remember that......