i spend all day adoring the thing the dear Lord blessed us with,
..our world, our outdoors, nature..
everything is so beautiful, and we take it for granted, all of us.
These are all my photos, btw.
i ventured outside along with my camera, and took a walk, i swear i walked for hours and just admired everything that the good Lord blessed us.
i never knew how beautiful and amazing the world was,
i did when i was little, of course.
i would sit and observe everything, and ask,
"why daddy?" "how does it do that?" "thats so cool"
and as i grew up, my love for everything grew smaller and smaller, i got sucked into this little thing called life.
the phones, the internet, the money, the popularity, the friends, the parties, the cars, the houses, the perfect lifestyle; and faster than you know it, the little country grown girl was gone into oblivion.
The girl that appreciated anything and everything was gone, she was lost in the world made of bigger and better things.
when i was little i spent countless hours outside, in the woods, at the river, in the creek, in the garden, running thru the fields, playing in mud holes, making awesome club houses, discovering the world.
oh how i yearned to explore every inch of it; and i WAS determined to do it.
id come inside with cuts on my legs, from the briars and trees that scratched me, yet i didnt care; every one of them had a story behind it. just like battle scars, and i had them and i loved talking about them.
my cousins and i would go into the woods just as the sun came up, and would play in them until the sun went down.
it was a different world for us, and we loved it.
we pretended we were indians, or we were animals, and we loved it.
we loved the outdoors and we spent every waking hour outside, until it was time for bed.
when hunting season our parents would tell us not to play in the woods,
"what?! no playing in the woods?! are you crazy?!" we would yell.
and we did it anyways. yeahh.. we got yelled at, but we didnt care.
i could go on for days and tell you stories that happened.
that same girl that im talking about, is starting to realize how great our world is.
and i found that girl in me today.
on my journey, i just started walking, i walked our fourwheeler trails, to my old club houses, to fields i played in, to creeks i got muddy in, to places i once made memories;
and i just reminisced; i cried, i laughed, and just let myself take it all in.
i dont ever want to forget those days, everrrrr.
then i walked places ive never walked before, and i just let God guide me.
and i made the connection that, that walk was just like life.
sometimes theres two paths, and you dont know which one to take, and it might take you where you dont want to go; and you experience things, and learn to love them.
The people in Japan lost their beautiful earth, and all of a sudden when they opened their eyes it was all gone, in a mess.
think about the tribes in africa, if they step out of their territory, they get shot,
or people in the middle east, that show their face anywhere and get murdered.
some people do not have the pleasure to step out their door and smell the fresh air, or see a vast of greenery.
they smell smoke, dead bodies, industry, car exhaust, the smell of destruction.
and its sad.
God granted us with the beauty of our earth, and were slowly tearing it apart.
I am so thankful that God has blessed me with the eyes to notice the little things, and the heart to love them.
Im a country girl, wanting that country heart back.
Thank you Lord so much for everything you bless us with,
Thank you for this glorious place you allow us to live one,
Thank you for allowing me to see things this way,
Thank you Lord for all you do.
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Goodnight, & GodBless. <3