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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