What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare...

Have you ever just stopped and looked around you? Like say you are walking home, have you ever taken the time to stop and take a good look at where you are? To see what is around you and to appreciate the fact that you are so lucky to be there?

I did that for the first time today. Life is always such a rush, especially in London. These three years have gone by soooo fast. I feel like I need to take my time and enjoy everything as I experience it.

Tonight as I passed Trafalgar square, I looked at the fountain and I thought to myself, Wow - In high school, I never thought I'd be here. I then walked up to Waterloo Bridge and I thought, let me go see the London Eye and the Big Ben from the bridge. I walked half way across the bridge and I stopped. I stopped and stared.

Now some people may call this a waste of time, most people in London see this view everyday and to them its no big deal. But it IS a big deal. There are approximately 4.5 billion people (maybe more) around the world that have never seen the view that I saw tonight. So there I stood on the bridge staring at the view for 5 minutes and...I felt lucky. I felt lucky to be in London, to be able to see this beautiful view and to be given the many opportunities that I have been given through out my life.

There is a poem by William Henry Davies, the first two lines go something like this:

What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

This poem describes perfectly how we walk through life taking advantage of everything and not really seeing all that is around us. We don't always notice the details of which there are so many. Now I'm not saying that everyone needs to stop in the middle of the road and stand and stare every where they go. We all have a lot going on, every day there is something to do. But sometimes, when you have the time, just STOP. And take a good look around you.

Believe me when I say, its an amazing feeling. =)