This week while re-reading one of my all time favorite books, Ragamuffin Gospel (so dang good!), I was struck by this quote:
"we get so preoccupied with ourselves, the words we speak, the plans and projects we conceive that we become immune to the glory of creation".
This was one of those quotes that stopped me in my tracks because it is so true - at least for me. I am a perpetual planner - I am already thinking about plans for next weekend, what is going on the grocery list that I won't write until Saturday, & our travel plans for my sister-in-law's wedding in May (I've said it before, I know I am nuts). While planning can have it's perks, it also causes me to miss out the world around me because I'm so focused on what is next. So this weekend, I plan to take some of my own advice and enjoy the beauty that surrounds me in dearest mother nature - a picturesque (or should I say instagramable?) sunset, the crisp fall air, the warmth of the sun, and the beginning of changing leaves.
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