What do you do when you are faced with a water puddle blocking your path? Do you walk around it? Jump over it? Or make a big splash? As adults many of us have forgotten how to celebrate life and enjoy the gifts we are given. A water puddle is something to be avoided so we don't get wet, muddy and cold. As children we probably loved splashing our way through water puddles. We enjoyed the moment. As adults we must learn to find those moments again and enjoy them.
We often get caught up in the day-to-day struggle to survive — working hard to put a roof over our heads and food in the mouths of those we love — that we forget to enjoy the simple things like a sunrise or a rainbow or a water puddle. Sometimes we feel that life is passing us by — that we are riding on the fast train to nowhere. We need to climb down off the train occasionally and stomp through water puddles.
Life is filled with many blessings if we stop, look and listen — if we pay attention to the world of nature. When was the last time you climbed a tree or went for a hike? When was the last time you watched a butterfly flit from place to place, held a flower in your hand, or listened to a cricket chirp? Life is filled with hope if we would only believe.
Take time to celebrate life, to enjoy its blessings, and to live passionately because before you know it the journey will be over and the opportunity squandered.
