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The Camping Experience

      The Korean blanket that I am smothered in the middle of is the most comfortable bed I have had in a while. It's not the blanket that makes it so wonderful, it's the atmosphere that surrounds my existence for the moment. I am on the ground for one thing, seeing things at a new level. The blanket is the only thing separating me from the cold earth. It keeps the rocks, and branches from making this experience painful instead of the adventure! I breathe in, and then out seeing the smoke coming from my lungs telling me that it's going to be a cold morning. But that is OK for now, I am still in between the blankets! I haven't opened my eyes yet, but I can feel the forest stirring! I open my eyes for a moment and catch a glimpse of a doe slowly making it's way to the river, for a morning drink. The beautiful creature takes a moment and looks into the flaps of my tent. Seeing  my piercing eyes looking back! I hope my eyes convey that I mean her no harm, just that I want to drink in the beauty that is her being. One of many creations that I will always thank God for, along with nature. Always there as a steady reminder of who He really is! I know I must soon get up for the day is already begun, and if I lay here much longer it will be easier to remain. Laying down for a lifetime is such a waste of an existence! So time doesn't slow down for anybody, and the day is still young so I throw of the upper layer of blankets! The chill automatically swarms in for the kill, I am finding my breathe caught in my throat! I was so warm a minute ago, I am tempted to just pull the covers down again. But I have already come so far! There all done! I stand and slowly unzip the mesh door on the front of the tent. My senses are already peeked, somewhere someone is cooking breakfast! Oh how I long to be be warm again! I must concentrate of making a fire. Soon the fire is up and going, and my breakfast has been eaten! Off to my day of promise!  I spend the day hiking up the mountain, I spend it sitting by the water! I saw birds, funny animals and bugs, I let the mid day sun warm my skin! I walked in the leaves to hear the crunch!  I climb the tallest of trees. I take hold of life, and never let it go. At sunset I take in the breathtaking beauty of the sun setting behind the hills of the mountain. I wish in that moment that eternity started here, and that this was heaven. Just miles, and miles of God's unspoiled creation! later on I sit in a lawn chair with my feet near the fire to stay warm. My head is swarming with todays adventures, for the day held all that was promised. This is where it all hits me! What would happen if I decided to lay under the blankets and never get up! Now I might have said that I still went camping, but the day of promise would have been a waste. If I had never opened my eyes, I would never have seen the doe! I would have never thanked God for his wonderful creation. It was warm and comfortable, the best sleep I have had in a while! But as I look into the tree's and wildness that is all around me, I realized that I could have slept! I could have never found adventure, for adventure is found where there is an adventurer to seek it! My heart hurt in the idea that there are people who have set up camp, but have never moved past the shelter that is within the tents! Fear has cost this generation to much! Its time to take back the adventure, and promise. To not lay down and let time slip by, because eternity can start when we are ready! I persist that we take time to seek adventures, and make friends along the way! Promise me this that you will give it a good try! Make your life worth writing a novel about, I hope mine to be a series of novels! Thats all I have for now, but just think about that next time you are camping! Or better yet think about every time you go outdoors! 

Glee

      So after a long time of saying to myself I did not need another addiction, I decided that I would watch one episode of the show Glee! So now I am really hooked! I find myself not only in love with the music, but also with the characters. I have been in tears after episodes, and I have laughed until my sides have ached! I was watching an episode tonight that really taught me a lesson. Which I know is not alarming since I am always looking at the little things in life to teach me lessons. I am just amazed at what I thought to be a comical show, I have found the show to be so much more full of depth! I find myself wanting to sing in my room at the top of my lungs after every single episode, and just now as I write these words! Well this is just a little rant, to share with the world how I have been truly amazed by the show! Two thumbs up!