Life Lessons

I learned an important life lesson early this morning.

I was on this lovely beautiful summer morning walk, out in the woods. As I walked, handsome blue-green colored swallows flew everywhere, some flying close to my face, as if to say, "hey there, gorgeous," or at least that's what it felt like, and making my heart leap with joy. Flutter with joy? Okay, yeah, I am trying hard to utilize some of those things they taught back in writing class, and it is not working one bit. I mean, you get the idea- there were plenty of cute looking swallows everywhere, red winged blackbirds, which frankly look more like orange winged, if you ask me! And towhees, and red breasted robins. Lots of birds chirping all around.

And then I spotted these bright purple colored bell shaped blooming beauties- foxgloves. They sure look beautiful this time of the year. And of course, the thought of "click a photo for Instagram" popped up. So I took out my nifty phone, and started posing. Yeah, to click a picture, we picture takers have to pose too! Gotta get that perfect angle, light, and everything. So after making some body adjustments, I clicked.

And then followed a silent thud into darkness, and a moment of absolutely blissful empty mindedness, before I discovered myself sprawled on a cushiony slope full of thorns. Ouch! First thought- gosh! hope nobody saw this!! Second thought- phew, the phone's still in my hand! Third thought- um, okay, now what? Fourth thought- lemme put the phone back into my jacket pocket. Wait, lemme see how the picture turned out. Ooh, not bad! 

Thanks to the effect of the soft mud combined with the added benefit of having a cushiony body, the thorns didn't really manage to pierce my lovely epidermis. I escaped with micro-scratches, and a tiny little bruise on my arm. Thanks to all the intermittent workin' out of glutes and quads and hamstrings, I was able to get up quite smoothly, and didn't even hear my knees creak nor grumble.

So what exactly was the life lesson learned? The life lesson learned is: Enjoy your fall while it lasts, for the picture will always turn out great in the end!! ;D