I generally start the day out with a little reading and then a walk. It's just what I do. Partly because I should for health purposes and partly because I enjoy it!!!
This morning I was listening to Brooke Fraser's new album Flags and walking the Lankia area. (I will post pictures soon so you can see it) It's a gorgeous neighborhood with very high-end homes and beautiful scenery. The trees are so lush and green, and the ocean is 3 shades of blue. It really is breath taking.
Any ways I was walking and listening making sure to smile and everyone I passed by and I realized something. I started to look at the homes and the area I was in and just genuinely started to observe more then I would normally and I started to see the beauty in everything. It was incredible.
As I walked I found a great appreciation for fencing...I know it's strange but let's be honest, I am strange. Almost every house had some form of boundary markers.
FENCES!
Don't get me wrong I have noticed fences before but this time it was a little different.
The thing that I really noticed is how unique they all were. Some were natural fences made for shrubs and vine, others were brick or, wood there were metal ones and some invisible ones. Some were big and tall and impossible to see over while you could see through others. And some were short and long allowing you to view the homes and yards. Some were breath-taking with the art work that was placed on them while others had the beauty of being so simplistic. And some had open pathways inviting others in while some had strong gates with call buttons and others still had gates yet they seemed easy to open.
Every fence had character to it, they all could have told a story about the home owner and the craftsman behind their creation. Each one serving the same purpose, to keep things in and to keep things out.
It was a good walk one that really got me thinking about Fences...
I guess I bring this up for two reasons.
The first being; were in your life do you need to take a walk and just slow down?
Look around notice the scenery and take it in.
The second being; what type of fence do you have around your life?
Can people see in and are the welcome to cross through the gate or open path?
Is it to high to see over allowing no one to really see what is going on?
Do you have a call button that people need to know in order to get in?
Where are YOUR fences?
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