Guess What I Got To See Today?

I was driving early this morning and as the sun was coming up I noticed a hot air balloon in the sky. I just caught a quick glimpse of it and then it caught my interest. Was this just one of those promotional blow up advertisements sitting on top of a building somewhere or was it really a hot air balloon. As quick as I thought about it I may have looked in the sky once or twice and then thought no more about it. I got off of the highway and I am sitting at the light and it is bigger than life now. I was able to see it actually coming down from the sky and in process of landing. What a great way to see something like that to start your day off.
What did you take the time to look and notice today. Were you so busy in your journey that you just thought of nothing but work today or school or house work? It seems to be in those moments of busyness that God tries to bless you but you fail to look up long enough to see what He places right before your very eyes. You are so trained to not let distraction take you by surprise and stop you in your tracks today. It really is all right to take time here and there to enjoy what God has created just for you to see. I am sure there were other people that saw the same view I saw this morning but how many of them stopped to really look at it or were they more concerned with their cell phone messages or e-mail too. There seems to be such an overload on our senses today with all of the gadgets and modern technology that it seems to dull our natural sense of touch, sight, taste, hear, or even smell.
I like technology I really do but it does not drive my life so to speak. I like being able to enhance pictures with creative kits to take an ordinary picture and give it a retro look. I like the convenience of being able to text a message to someone or leave a voicemail message too. What I do not like is I have noticed something that was really not an option when I had my young children. When you took your child for a walk in the stroller or to the playground there was not the distraction of not interacting with them because of texting or reading a book via a Kindle. You actually talked with your children while you did these things. Do you remember the days when you actually read to your children? Not put them in front of the TV or computer and let technology babysit them. I state again, I am all for growth in technology but I do believe it is causing our young children to become desensitized to being socially able to carry on a conversation with someone and not just a conversation with someone through a typed text message via a phone. That seems to be so cold and impersonal to me. What about children that are not spelling correctly because they use text messaging and shortened versions of a word to send a message. I would be curious to know how many kids both young and in their 20's are even mindful that they are not spelling words properly. Do they even teach spelling in school anymore? What about  teaching the art of hand writing  anymore or does everyone just print?
I experienced this more recent, I sent a message to someone and then realized when you send a bunch of words in print it could be misinterpreted because there is no expression involved in it. When you speak with someone they can hear different things through the tone in your voice. They can experience excitement or sullenness or even sadness or fear in your voice. When you speak with someone in person they can then not only hear the tone in your voice but they can then experience the expression on your face. Please tell me that people are actually still having conversations with other people and interacting with them to.
Try something a little bit different in your day tomorrow. Take time to really look at all the beauty God has created all around you and you just might get inspired by it. I often wonder when I am at a light and I see a bunch of birds perched on wires by the light. It reminds me of a commercial I use to see on public broadcasting. A composer is trying to compose and he is at the piano and it is like he has a writer's block then he looks out the window and sees birds perched on a series of telephone wires and he then begins to write down the notes as he would see them the way the birds were positioned. He then plays the notes as he saw them in his creative mind. I think about things like that when I see things that remind me of that commercial. I know how to read music and I can relate to that. I think for a brief moment...I wonder if a composer saw what I just saw and was inspired by it. Be open to the wonders that really are all around you and inspiration can come to you at the very moment you need it because you took time to look around. Peace and rest to your day or evening, whatever it may be to you where you live.