A step back

The other night there was a Lunar eclipse. A eclipse that has happened on the exact date some 370 years ago. That was three days ago. (December 20, 2010).

I was in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a little vacation away from California. I went on a little hike, where i got to ponder life. It is so amazing how wildlife forms around us. It looks as if someone has planted away the desert, but it is all natural. It is a privilege for us to be able to walk around nature, and just be there. I think more people need to get back to nature. The origins of life.

We can then think about what is around us, and what is happening. We can retrace the steps of others before us. We can feel the prints of animals who took their first steps to their dying breaths. We should appreciate we can take a step back from the stress and just breathe.

Everyone should take a day to turn off their cell phones: their blackberry, their droid, their iphone, whatever phone you might have. Just turn it off and try to go through a day at least without one. You can do it. You did it when you were a child (hopefully). Then we can take a step back from the oh, so popular facebook. Your "friends" on facebook don't need to know everything about what you do. You don't need it. The time you are spending on facebook, can be spent somewhere else.

I think we all need to take a step back. From technology. To just listen and breathe. To think of everything that is happening. We need to appreciate little moments. A hike. A lunar eclipse. We should take joy in the little things.