Getting My Feet Wet
It can be hard to believe that everything happens for a reason after reality has beaten down our belief system. When we have spent our lives giving until it hurts only to be told it was not enough and the light at the end of the tunnel has moved yet again, the reason can seem useless. At some points we may even decide we no longer care what the reason is.Then comes the day when it all starts to become clear again.
Today, I worked diligently with my camera on a project on the beach. I dreaded the very thought of going for fear of running into someone I wish not to see. With every figure that appeared over the dunes my stomach flipped for fear that now I would have to explain my presence on this beach. But the more I lost myself in my work the less I became concerned with someone else's thoughts of my location.
As I neared the end of my day at the beach, I noticed the tide was providing me with a tease of the perfect picture. The water rushing over a log at the water's edge had been eluding me for weeks. And as it rushed away again, I turned to the expansive ocean and asked, "Will this beach ever give me what I am looking for?" Knowing all too well, the picture was only part of the question. I turned back to the log and began to look around the beach. It was only then as I began to take more photos of the surrounding area, the log itself, and even the ocean that the answer came to me. "As soon as you learn to be patient, stop looking so hard at the details, and remember the big picture." Suddenly the tide started to come in stronger. I took lots of amazing photos but in order to get the ones I wanted I had to take off my shoes and get my feet wet.
The truth is we may not always understand what happens in our lives. Sometimes we forget to step back and see the big picture. And every once in awhile to get what we want we have to get our feet wet...
Today, I worked diligently with my camera on a project on the beach. I dreaded the very thought of going for fear of running into someone I wish not to see. With every figure that appeared over the dunes my stomach flipped for fear that now I would have to explain my presence on this beach. But the more I lost myself in my work the less I became concerned with someone else's thoughts of my location.
As I neared the end of my day at the beach, I noticed the tide was providing me with a tease of the perfect picture. The water rushing over a log at the water's edge had been eluding me for weeks. And as it rushed away again, I turned to the expansive ocean and asked, "Will this beach ever give me what I am looking for?" Knowing all too well, the picture was only part of the question. I turned back to the log and began to look around the beach. It was only then as I began to take more photos of the surrounding area, the log itself, and even the ocean that the answer came to me. "As soon as you learn to be patient, stop looking so hard at the details, and remember the big picture." Suddenly the tide started to come in stronger. I took lots of amazing photos but in order to get the ones I wanted I had to take off my shoes and get my feet wet.
The truth is we may not always understand what happens in our lives. Sometimes we forget to step back and see the big picture. And every once in awhile to get what we want we have to get our feet wet...
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