noise noise noise noise.

"God wants to give us something, but he cannot, because our hands are full- there is no where for Him to put it."

-St. Augustine

My life is so loud. I live right off the busiest street, my car is a honda- she purrs, alarm clocks, texts, instant messages, air conditioning, people, tv, music music music, babies, laughter, phone calls, etc.

Not to say that any of those things are bad. But there is just this constant buzz of noise in my life. Ang and I went on an epic hike the other day, but even at the top of a mountain, a whole city away, there were noises from cars, you could see houses, etc...and she and I could not stop yapping. (this is soooo far from a complaint. promise.)

This morning while people were still waking up (from our awesome camping trip) I saw a meadow across the street. I ran over and just kept walking. The little pathway ended but I kept going. There I was, tromping through a dewy meadow tall grass and eight in the morning and it was wonderful. I came down a hill and suddenly I stopped. I could see NOTHING but mountains, trees, birds, grass and sky. There was nothing else in sight. It was just a beautiful little place, completely unadulterated by people.  All I could hear were birds. The sun was coming through the trees and shining on the mountains and my face. I felt so peaceful. 

I was not there long, but I managed to have a little chat with my Heavenly Father and take a moment to just feel gratitude and peace. I need to find time to do this more in my life. So easily do I allow myself to be consumed in the distractions of daily noise and life and it gets so stressful. Sometimes we just need a moment of peace to recharge.