Reflection, Again!

If ever there was a Mercury Retrograde case-in-point (yes, we're in another one, July 4-28!), this is it! In my last post on Reflection, following our holiday weekend at the family cottage in Michigan, I used a photo totally unrelated to our trip, forgetting that I had just taken reflection photos of our lake. DUH! (Amy, I guess I must have wanted Mr. D to see where you worked instead!)

Anyhoo, here's our dock on Horseshoe Lake in the early hour before breakfast when the lake is like glass. It's one of my favorite times of the day, when life is still and quiet and calm.

It's when the early birds catch the worm. When you can hear a whisper almost a mile away. When cars and freeways exist in another world. When you wonder why/how the tyranny of the urgent ever gets to you.

We need those times, don't we! We look for them when we have vacation time, knowing our souls will be revived.

In the meantime, if we can find Relection in our office building, or wherever we work, I'm guessing we're downright lucky! So, thank you, Mercury Retrograde. You did your job.

Reflection

On this 230th Independence Day for our USA, we're back safe-n-sound from our Michigan family reunion. And I'm reflecting.

Looking at Amy's "reflective" business office, 5/18/06.

Approximately 14 hours in the car, both coming and going, is the perfect time for reflection, especially when it's my turn to drive. Going, I was thinking about where I am in my life, my goals and aspirations. Am I doing what I want to be doing? Am I being all that I want to be?

Coming back home, I was reflecting on my family--the conversations, the different family units and what they're each dealing with, the cousins (our kids) and the grandkids (theirs).

For some reason, when I'm in the car and alone with my own thoughts, I find myself whispering somewhere deep within me, "Thank you" and "I love you." To whom am I saying that? To God. To the Universe.

So as I now start working on yet another photo album (!), the annual family reunion, I'm so thankful for the freedoms I have, to do and be who I am. To grow and learn and reflect.

Thank you. I love you.