The sweet harmony of sitting on my patio is one of the simplest pleasures in my life. It costs me nothing, and yet it gives me everything. I am able after a long day of work with all of its frothy discomfort at times come home and enjoy sitting on the covered patio listening to the sounds of the neighborhood. The birds, the cicadas in the trees, the squirrels torturing the dog across the way. It is peaceful and in all candor, it is where I want to be from the moment I arrive at my humble domicile.
I am able to enjoy a cigar and adult beverage if I so decide. I am able to lose myself and find myself all at the same time. I didn't understand when we bought this house how valuable this patio would be. I thought it would be the office in the finished basement that would do what the patio does, and I was wrong.
Somehow the simple act of sitting out on the patio allows me to unburden myself and the cares of whatever is giving me angst just drift away. The place is simple, there is nothing special to it at all. There is just a table a few chairs, and a grill, and of course the flotsam and jetsam of a family living life. Somehow in the simplicity of all that, it has become a place where I can escape. It is the place that I slip off to when I become overstimulated. It is my place.
I am sure everyone should have a place like this. A place like this is an excellent thing to have. Understanding that the place exists and its value is the key element. Grasping what it is, what its value is, and how important it is in a post-modern life is of extreme importance. For me the patio is where I decompress from whatever the day has thrown at me. It is where I go to let go, and to lay hold of what is important.
I know who I am. I just occasionally need a reminder. The patio does that for me. I am able to reconnect with the spirit that brought us here. I am a husband, and a father. This is the place where we planted our roots, and the sublime life with my wife has taken place. It is where our family took shape. Through it all, the numerous jobs, and various upheavals and joys, this place has been the bedrock that defined me and our family.
It has been the oasis of refreshing for me. I could not be happy to have found this place and grasped its value to the degree that I have. In the humble nature of it, and in the utter simplicity of it, it has given me so much and asked for so little.
Sometimes the key in decisive moments, like the one I am now in the midst of, is to take stock of the essential nature of where you are. Somehow in understanding the geography, you come to understand the good, the pleasing, and the perfect will of the divine for your life.
I am able to enjoy a cigar and adult beverage if I so decide. I am able to lose myself and find myself all at the same time. I didn't understand when we bought this house how valuable this patio would be. I thought it would be the office in the finished basement that would do what the patio does, and I was wrong.
Somehow the simple act of sitting out on the patio allows me to unburden myself and the cares of whatever is giving me angst just drift away. The place is simple, there is nothing special to it at all. There is just a table a few chairs, and a grill, and of course the flotsam and jetsam of a family living life. Somehow in the simplicity of all that, it has become a place where I can escape. It is the place that I slip off to when I become overstimulated. It is my place.
I am sure everyone should have a place like this. A place like this is an excellent thing to have. Understanding that the place exists and its value is the key element. Grasping what it is, what its value is, and how important it is in a post-modern life is of extreme importance. For me the patio is where I decompress from whatever the day has thrown at me. It is where I go to let go, and to lay hold of what is important.
I know who I am. I just occasionally need a reminder. The patio does that for me. I am able to reconnect with the spirit that brought us here. I am a husband, and a father. This is the place where we planted our roots, and the sublime life with my wife has taken place. It is where our family took shape. Through it all, the numerous jobs, and various upheavals and joys, this place has been the bedrock that defined me and our family.
It has been the oasis of refreshing for me. I could not be happy to have found this place and grasped its value to the degree that I have. In the humble nature of it, and in the utter simplicity of it, it has given me so much and asked for so little.
Sometimes the key in decisive moments, like the one I am now in the midst of, is to take stock of the essential nature of where you are. Somehow in understanding the geography, you come to understand the good, the pleasing, and the perfect will of the divine for your life.
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