An October Drive
Yesterday was one of those days where I was able to spend some quality time reflecting on all the good in my life and feel confident about where I am at this exact moment. I count my blessings very often and commit myself to a prayer of thanks and gratitude on a daily basis. Every single day I have something to be grateful for, in fact I have very many things, both tangible and intangible. Yesterday was a day where things connected, memories replayed themselves in my mind, and songs brought back emotional recollections from days past. I was both nostalgic and fulfilled.
I woke up on a chilly autumn October Saturday feeling relaxed and excited. I prepared a few things around my apartment that smelled of cinnamon and by early afternoon I was in my car headed down to Long Island. The brilliant blue sky was accented with bright patches of orange, yellow, and vibrant red as I cruised down the highway during the almost-peak of the foliage season. We've been lucky to have an extremely vivid and bold foliage this year, one that is only enhanced by the sun that has not stopped shining for a multitude of days, giving us the best of both worlds. Beautiful weather, intensely blue sky, and dazzling leaves that seem to be glowing. It's the autumn-lover's dream come true (and it's made numerous trips to the apple orchard, corn maze, apple festival, and local farm exceptionally enjoyable.)
Being an aforementioned autumn-lover, my mood was high as I headed down to New York. I would be reunited with friends that I met ten years ago when we lived across the hall from each other in college. Memories of Hollis Hall and our New York experiences and invincible college lifestyle replayed in my head and warmed my heart. Smiles crept across my face as I thought back to the so-called good ole days. It made me ponder how far we've come- college graduation and onto grad school, new relationships, new jobs, break ups, weddings, moves, and babies, we are fortunate to still be in touch, still be reminiscent together of those days we lived on our own, but together.
It made me think about where I am in my life. Working at a job I love, teaching students I admire, loving a man I adore, and building upon long lasting friendships which I hold so dear. I have so much to be grateful for. Through good times and bad, living and learning, busy weeks and busy minds I have had a realization of how beautiful life is and how lucky we are to live it. I have a fantastic vacation with my closest friends on the horizon, a time to celebrate love and marriage, life-long friendship, and time to actually relax with some incredible people and shut off from the world for a little while will be a true blessing.
All of these emotions and thoughts came to me while driving on that beautiful day, tears of gratitude filled my eyes as my radio sang ever so clearly just to me. It was me time, it was special, quiet, and peaceful. It gave me time to think, thank, and love even greater than before. Life sure is good.
I woke up on a chilly autumn October Saturday feeling relaxed and excited. I prepared a few things around my apartment that smelled of cinnamon and by early afternoon I was in my car headed down to Long Island. The brilliant blue sky was accented with bright patches of orange, yellow, and vibrant red as I cruised down the highway during the almost-peak of the foliage season. We've been lucky to have an extremely vivid and bold foliage this year, one that is only enhanced by the sun that has not stopped shining for a multitude of days, giving us the best of both worlds. Beautiful weather, intensely blue sky, and dazzling leaves that seem to be glowing. It's the autumn-lover's dream come true (and it's made numerous trips to the apple orchard, corn maze, apple festival, and local farm exceptionally enjoyable.)
Being an aforementioned autumn-lover, my mood was high as I headed down to New York. I would be reunited with friends that I met ten years ago when we lived across the hall from each other in college. Memories of Hollis Hall and our New York experiences and invincible college lifestyle replayed in my head and warmed my heart. Smiles crept across my face as I thought back to the so-called good ole days. It made me ponder how far we've come- college graduation and onto grad school, new relationships, new jobs, break ups, weddings, moves, and babies, we are fortunate to still be in touch, still be reminiscent together of those days we lived on our own, but together.
It made me think about where I am in my life. Working at a job I love, teaching students I admire, loving a man I adore, and building upon long lasting friendships which I hold so dear. I have so much to be grateful for. Through good times and bad, living and learning, busy weeks and busy minds I have had a realization of how beautiful life is and how lucky we are to live it. I have a fantastic vacation with my closest friends on the horizon, a time to celebrate love and marriage, life-long friendship, and time to actually relax with some incredible people and shut off from the world for a little while will be a true blessing.
All of these emotions and thoughts came to me while driving on that beautiful day, tears of gratitude filled my eyes as my radio sang ever so clearly just to me. It was me time, it was special, quiet, and peaceful. It gave me time to think, thank, and love even greater than before. Life sure is good.
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