Friday, June 18, 2010

A New Perspective

I walk past it every day. I don't know why I never try it. It sits there waiting patiently for me, but I only notice it when it's too late. I've looked at it countless times, but I never once considered approaching it. Well, never, until this last time. I finally did it!

Now, what I'm about to say may seem like such a small thing, but in my mind no new adventure is a small thing. And what adventure am I talking about? It's this trail in front of us in the picture above. It leads straight down to the edge of the lake. I finally decided to take a walk down this very short trail. But why did I never do it before?

It's because of this. The structure you see in the above picture is the fishing platform. I have often called the walkway that leads to it my own playground. I love places like this. It's like a combination of a walking bridge and a viewing platform. Actually, that's exactly what it is. I find it fun just to walk down that walkway to this platform, hearing the hollow thump thump thump of my footsteps along the boards.

And it has such a great view of the lake. I have shown numerous pictures from that very place. And I've also looked over and seen the little path at the edge of the water and thought to myself that I should walk down that one day. But being on the platform, I have already passed that little path.

But this time I decided to take the path. now I have an all new perspective. This path shows me a view of the lake that I have never seen before. I'm now down closer to the level of the water. Being on the dirt in a way makes me feel closer to nature than standing on a wooden platform. I'm glad I did this.

This all may seem like a very small thing, but it's the small things that take us closer to our goals. If you take a few small steps through the front door of your house to the outside, then you will have taken a giant leap to the world of nature, even if you live in a city. Inside is a completely different world than outside. Taking a few small steps in a different direction can give you an all new perspective too.


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15 comments:

  1. It's nice to look at things from a different perspective every now and then. Amazing how things can look so different. I really like those pictures. It looks like such a peaceful spot. A nice place to get lost in thought I would think.

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  2. Very nice looking lake. I'm glad you took the adventure to walk down there.

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  3. What a nice calm lake, Ratty! You're so right, just a few small step into another direction can give us a new perspective!

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  4. I appreciate your sentiment on this one. All it takes is a few steps, just like you say. And your special angle on this subtlety of life was good to remind me that I need to do the same.

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  5. Wow...what a spectacular view! I could spend all day sitting there by the water *sigh*. Nifty little segue into a life lesson too, by the way ;o)

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  6. Surrounded by beauty. Amazed at its glory.

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  7. My call this week has been ,"Get the net!" So maybe you need to try out this with a few worms.Nice way to relax.

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  8. Such a beautiful location, we don't have anything even remotely like that near where I live. It's amazing what such a simple change of route can do.

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  9. really beautiful place, am glad you followed the path, the view from there is definitely awesome.

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  10. I so agree, Ratty! I feel the same way about my photography...sometimes just changing the angle of the lens just a little bit makes a huge difference!

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  11. Congratulations on taking that small step. Every step counts. It seems you have the whole path and lake to yourself.

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  12. I do not know why.

    This (That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind) come across my mind when I am reading your last paragraph.

    Hahaha... you are great.

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  13. Beautiful place Ratty. Glad that you took the step of faith.

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  14. You may have walked by there daily but on this day you saw something different which led you down that path. I love bridges and viewing platforms etc...These shots are stunning, Ratty.

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  15. Nice viewing platform and great thoughts Ratty.

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