Every day we walk past a million Cherry Blossom Trees. I am kind of addicted to taking their picture. At least once a day someone will roll their eyes, playfully yell at me to hurry up, or tap their foot as they patiently wait for me to pause, adjust my camera, and take a snap. I can’t help it! I feel like I am noticing Spring for the first time.
I have taken pictures of the trees from little bud to darling white blossoms to new green leaves just waiting to pop out. Ok so right now you’re like, “Alex it’s a tree, blah blah…” but as I see it, there are only 4 more months left of this race, and maybe I’m trying to hold on to as many little things that I can to remember it all.
Yesterday I avoided buying a bar of soap because it reminded me of China, but even that made me smile because China has its own scent in my memory!
Jill and I have been talking about this a lot and we’ll find each other during the day to share something small that we noticed that is completely insignificant to the grand scheme of
things (like a man almost getting hit by the trolley and the funny dance he did to jump out of
the way, or how our favorite local vendor laughed when we used our 7 Russian words to communicate with her) but brings us joy because it is a part of our every day life.
When i get home life will get routiney before I even notice. I don’t want to think that just because I am not zipping from country to country meeting new people and having all these
new experiences that life will be humdrum. I want to keep noticing the little things, always.
It’s all about perspective.
So for the comments section you MUST write one totally random small insignificant thing that brought you joy today, Please. You’re so good at commenting on my life, let me hear about yours!
