Take a moment..stop and smell the roses. We’ve all heard that saying but there are times in life when there just doesn’t seem to be a rose anywhere in sight. No breathing place to land.
As I was rushing frantically between appointments last week the traffic jammed so badly my gps rerouted me on some back roads around the DC area that I had never seen before. It was this uncanny back road that was so beautiful with the riot of colors in the surrounding trees. That there could be this place of breathtaking beauty and quiet in the chaotic DC corridor blew me away. Oddly I was the only one on this idyllic road and it felt like I had jumped some time warp. Suddenly the urgency of arriving to the next place took a backseat and I slowed to take it all in. My soul desperately needed that moment of quiet beauty to breathe in.
How many times do we in our haste of living forget to actually see what is all around us. Did it make my life circumstances any better…absolutely not…but for just that brief few minutes time stood still..I stepped out of myself and took a beat to see the good. It was what I call my Camelot moments..one brief shining moment..
Reality quickly sets in but this next week I will look for Camelot a bit more. My constant state of fear and surviving another day will still be there in all its overwhelming force but I will try a little harder to find that illusive rose…
It’s there I’m just sure of it….enjoy your week and look for your roses ❤️🌹
Reflections on Life’s Journeys 