One of the things I really treasure about being in the land down under is the no lack of nature. Even better, it's just at your back yard. Yes, I've had enough of concrete jungles for the time being.
No jostling crowds, no cold buildings with unfriendly angles and no cars blaring their horns or leaving intoxicating exhaust gases in their wake. Clear blue skies, the birds, the grass and me. I feel in one with nature. I could almost levitate. Almost.
My thoughts slow down and I think about why life is the way it is, the mistakes I have made, the path I have chosen and the goals I will like to achieve. The swaying gum trees seems to be teaching me how to be Mary and not Martha. They are showing me how to stay still for a moment, listen for Him and enjoy the wind tossing my hair.
I need to remember that life is more about the journey than the destination. I don't want to race through it all with my blinkers on, get there and realise how many things I've missed along the way. I don't want the track in front of me to be the only thing I have been seeing the entire time. I want to say "你好！(hi)" to the faces I pass and relish the different experiences I stumble upon.Easier said than done in this ever progressing world, where friends are often too busy to meet up, until there's some sort of goodbye, unfortunately. That is why I need to return to these ancient and unrelenting gum trees for a lesson every once so often.
