LIFE
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." ~Thornton Wilder
I had a subscription to LIFE magazine when I was in college. I would look forward to the beginning of the month when my new magazine would come and I could pour over each page, savoring the beautiful pictures. My college roommates would tease me as I OOOOHHHHed and AAAAHHHHed over the pictures of places I longed to go to. They got to where they would warn each other that it was a "New Life magazine sort of day" and I am convinced they spent those days in the library until I was done reading.
I forgot that I loved that magazine so much until this weekend. We went out on my father's boat for a ride through the canals of the river along which I grew up. My husband, children, father and myself, cruising along the marshes of Florida on an overcast Sunday. As I sat in the front of the boat, I was taken by how incredibly familiar this place was. I used to water ski this area with friends and spend hours on docks figuring out who I was as a teenager. As much as I have changed in 25 years, this area had not. It was still the same. We were surrounded by green, lush trees and marshes with brackish water as calm as glass. Above us there was the same blue sky with clouds, some white and some black threatening to rain. The sun shone through and was warm and bright. I felt as if I had stepped back into one of the pages of a LIFE magazine.
I am so thankful to have a life that is so rich. LIFE magazine used to show me the beauty and majesty of this incredible planet and expose me to everyday snapshots of places I could only imagine existed. On the river yesterday, I was in one of those pictures. I believe when we slow our life down enough to really examine it, we are surrounded by beauty. We are surrounded by the things we treasure. We are surrounded by the things that, if captured in a full picture, would also show the majesty of this planet.
LIFE magazine is no longer in circulation, but the Life around me is. I'm making sure I'm a subscriber.
I had a subscription to LIFE magazine when I was in college. I would look forward to the beginning of the month when my new magazine would come and I could pour over each page, savoring the beautiful pictures. My college roommates would tease me as I OOOOHHHHed and AAAAHHHHed over the pictures of places I longed to go to. They got to where they would warn each other that it was a "New Life magazine sort of day" and I am convinced they spent those days in the library until I was done reading.
I forgot that I loved that magazine so much until this weekend. We went out on my father's boat for a ride through the canals of the river along which I grew up. My husband, children, father and myself, cruising along the marshes of Florida on an overcast Sunday. As I sat in the front of the boat, I was taken by how incredibly familiar this place was. I used to water ski this area with friends and spend hours on docks figuring out who I was as a teenager. As much as I have changed in 25 years, this area had not. It was still the same. We were surrounded by green, lush trees and marshes with brackish water as calm as glass. Above us there was the same blue sky with clouds, some white and some black threatening to rain. The sun shone through and was warm and bright. I felt as if I had stepped back into one of the pages of a LIFE magazine.
I am so thankful to have a life that is so rich. LIFE magazine used to show me the beauty and majesty of this incredible planet and expose me to everyday snapshots of places I could only imagine existed. On the river yesterday, I was in one of those pictures. I believe when we slow our life down enough to really examine it, we are surrounded by beauty. We are surrounded by the things we treasure. We are surrounded by the things that, if captured in a full picture, would also show the majesty of this planet.
LIFE magazine is no longer in circulation, but the Life around me is. I'm making sure I'm a subscriber.
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