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Drama ensued as I walked my dog Tucker past my neighbor’s driveway. My neighbor’s boat sat upon it’s trailer and Don (my neighbor) was holding his power-washer like a soldier on patrol. He couldn’t wait to wash the stains, dirt and debris from his stained, mucky boat. All I could see were beautiful breaking waves and Don was about to wipe out the image. To me, it was like he was destroying nature, pouring concrete on flowers, kicking puppies. I rushed over and asked if he would let me take a picture of his hull before he power-washed it away. “You are nuts,” said my neighbor Don. “You want to take a picture of that dirt? Step back!”, he said, as I reached for my IPhone camera and Don aimed his nozzle toward my back. I dropped to my knees and stole this picture of his hull. “I’m in a hurry,” he said “I didn’t know I had nutty neighbors”
Tom never got to appreciate how beautiful his boat hull had become. He hadn’t the time nor the desire to step outside his usual way of thinking, his paradigm was fixed.
Can we allow ourselves to step back from our view of the world? There is so much to see and so much we will miss along the way.
Are you willing to stop to see the waves? We all make our choices, I say surf’s up!
You decide.
