When was the last time someone asked you to look at the clouds on a fair day?  Well today on the way to the zoo my daughter exclaimed “Look at the clouds daddy”.  Not that it was an unorthodox statement, but rather when was the last time that I actually slowed down enough to enjoy the simple things in life we take for granted?

 

It made me remember simpler times growing up with not a care in the world.  If I tried hard enough I could make a shape out of any cumulus cloud, or spend hours on end in 100+ degree weather making dirt ramps to jump, exploring private property, and even jumping off 60′ dangerous cliffs into water without a care in the world.  Now, if it doesn’t beep, ring, or have an internet connection I almost lose interest.  Of course I am older and technology has changed dramatically in the last 25 years, but that does not mean that I can’t disconnect myself long enough to enjoy the free and beautiful things in life.

 

I cannot imagine what is in store for you Lia over the course of the next 25 years, but will try my hardest to balance to keep you aware of beauty in the life around you, as well as an ever growing explosion in technology.  These advances in technology have made me rely on them to function as a time saving effort, but still know how do do things the old fashioned way in case I am forced to go that primitive route again.  I am hoping to instill the same with you regardless if you have the ability to update your Twitter, Facebook, and even make toast by way of telekinesis.  You WILL be taught how to do things the way we used to do it before there was even an internet.

 

Do me a favor though, as you grow older and life starts to get busy for you…please don’t forget the smaller beautiful things in life because those are taken for granted by millions of people everyday.  By asking me to look at the clouds today, you took me back 25 years to laying in my front yard making shapes out of clouds without a care in the world.  The funny thing is, it was probably mid summer and I was bored out of my mind at the time.   But looking back,  I can’t think of anything in the past 25 years that made me feel so creatively at ease and so fulfilling.  So much so that memory like my love for you, will be there forever.