Stopping by Somes Sound

                    Somes Sound Taken from the Somesville Road, James Emery, 1886                                                         Photo, S. Maxwell                      

         
         

March 24, 2012,  Mount Desert Island

Every day I drive by this view

Every day for 12 years

I've driven past sipping coffee, planning my day

the slow poke in front of me slowing me down from rushing my day

But today

I drive slowly and

stop

and say, “. . . wait a minute . . . ”

I park the car

get out

and walk a few feet into the field

a little to the left, a little to the right

up, down

Finally, “This is the spot.”

I look.  I think, “Amazing . . . .”

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What is amazing, really, and what is so true, and what is so cliche is how I rush, 

take things for granted, donʼt stop and smell the roses, 

and all of that. 

I miss time spent with so much that is beautiful around me.

Iʼm too often whizzing by.

But today 
I chose to stop.

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