When we aren't looking.....

As I sit here and look out the bank of windows my computer desk sits in front of, I marvel at the sight of these 4 very large bushes that seperate us from our neighbors.

Just a few short weeks ago they were completely bare. I could see my neighbors house with hardly any obstruction. I wondered then when the little buds would start popping out, anticipating when those rich deep soft green teeny tiny little leaves would start to unfold.

Last week I noticed the softened brushstrokes of green appearing just at the tips of every branch, large and small. I thought to myself, awww new life is a spectacle to see...in most everything that it touches. I looked out at them for several days willing them to hurry and show me more of their growth. It seems they wasn't going to listen because each time I looked I really didn't see a difference. If there was one, it was hardly noticeable to the human eye.

Today, I was watching the rain fall and noticing the trees had seemingly blossomed overnight. A thought struck me of how "my bushes" might look. Afterall I hadn't noticed the new growth in the trees. I ran to my little bank of windows and there before me was an explosion of green, of dense leaves glistening in the rain. It took my breath away. Not two days ago I was wishing for them to appear before my eyes, and in what seemed like a blink of an eye they appeared. Who knows when, the only thing I know for sure I wasn't looking.

It hit me.

Hard.

Life passes us by when we aren't looking. Our babies become kids, our kids become adults. We young parents become seasoned parents, who then become grandparents. It all seems to happen while no one is really looking.

 I mean we look, we look each and every day. We admire. We go on with the day to move onto to the next. We go from this hour to that. Not really thinking. Not really looking. Not really pay attention.

It is nice to be reminded just out of the blue what we take for granted each and every day. It is comforting to know that it still just happens even though we're not looking. It is also an awakening that I don't want to let another minute or hour pass by without me looking. I want to have more ah-ha moments. I want to remind myself to have more ah-ha moments, ones that make me realize it is awesome just to be. To just be who and what I am, and where I am, at any stage in my life.

It feels great just to be.......