yesterday megan and i went for a walk on the great western trail and about a mile in we could see bridges and forts kids had made in the forest. that made me feel good about life - that kids are still playing in the woods.
a lot of times i think we've got it all backwards. we say, oh maybe i'll go play outside today. or, i'm going to spend some time outside now. like being inside is our home and going outside is an excursion. i'm not convinced it's supposed to be like that. what if it's supposed to be like spending all your time outside and then saying, oh it's raining maybe going inside would be nice right now. or, it's really chilly i think i'll go inside.
because whenever i'm outside i think of how lovely and perfect it is and how happy it makes me, and i wonder at the fact that we've made bigger and bigger houses to spend more and more time inside, out of the outside.
and that's just silly to me.
but anyway - kids playing outside in the forest. that is right and good.
finding really good surprises in my father's cd collection. that is also good.
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