Fall is one of my favorite seasons. The leaves are changing colors and football season is in full swing. Recently I decided to go to one of my brother’s football games and I asked my roommate, who is from Wisconsin, if she would like to go with me. She very excitedly accepted the invitation and into the car we went. We hopped onto highway 177 and then onto I-70 east headed toward Topeka. Pretty soon my roommate starts to look around and I notice how in shock she was. She looks at me and says, “I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s so beautiful.”
Driving along the road I was so worried about making it in time for my brother’s kickoff that I totally took for granted how beautiful the land is around me. Sometimes we get so busy and caught up in life. We don’t truly take the time we should to relax and enjoy what we’ve been given.
A week after going to the football game I had the opportunity to go to a few chapter visits with our National FFA Officer, Kalie Hall. Kalie and I took off from Manhattan and headed on the highway towards Topeka just like I had the past week. An early 7:00a.m. trip on the highway was the perfect time to drive through the Flint Hills and watch the beautiful sunrise. Kalie had not yet experienced the Flint Hills in Kansas and it made me think of my trip the week before and how the world was just a blur around me. This time I truly took in the wondrous land around me and I was thankful for what had been given to me at this simple moment of life.
“The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” –Eminem. This quote really speaks to me and makes me realize how I should not let one thing go for granted in my life. We have only been given a short time to live here on Earth. My life could be taken away at any certain moment and I know I don’t want to leave this Earth without soaking in its’ beauty.
How can we take one day at a time? How can we live in the moment throughout every day, throughout this year, and throughout our lives? I challenge all of us to LIVE IN THE MOMENT.
