Reminds me...

 

Ok, I have to admit, I had seen a similar picture of the one above and it blew me away so I wanted to see if I could do the same thing.  Whenever I learn something new, my go-to technique has always been to copy someone else.  I try to see if I can follow the same steps they took and see if I can come close to replicating what they've done.   If I can get close, my next step is to tweak whatever steps I took, to modify the process so that I could call the end result my own.  

It was funny, when I was taking this picture today, I had to lie flat on my back and point my camera straight up through  a grove of beautiful Aspen trees.  The funny thing about it was as I was doing this, I immediately had a memory of living in Hawaii as a small boy, lying on cool, green grass, staring up at this magnificent blue sky.  To this day I'm not sure I've seen a sky so blue.  I actually laid there for a while, just enjoying the view, comparing it to my childhood memory.  Even as I started to notice that I had a bunch of prickly branches, weeds and leaves poking me in the back, I really didn't care.  It seemed that for once in a long time I actually took a moment to show some child-like appreciation for my surroundings.  

Sometimes I miss my youth.  Not that I want to relive anything.  But I do miss the simple, carefree moments of life.  Perhaps today's experience was God's way of keeping me a little young at heart.  I hope He does the same for you...