Have you ever stood alone in the sun,wind,snow or rain?  I have on many occasions, it comes with many different emotions.

Its the things that stand out in my mind when I am alone that I enjoy, the smells, sounds and the silence.  When was the last time you drove to work with the radio off the only thing on your mind were your thoughts.  I like this time of year when it’s just a little cold out and your out in the yard setting up christmas lights.  Most people are indoors or just driving by in there cars not looking to stop and visit.  Because there is something about being alone just listening to your thoughts and the silence of the outdoors that brings a quite calmness that I love.

I think everyone needs to have time to stand alone, to be with ones thoughts, it gives us time to ponder where we are in this world and to do a little soul searching to see if our lives are going the way we want them to be good or bad.   Sometimes, I can have to much time alone and that can lead to over analyzing ourselves and those around us.  I have definitely had to much time alone lately and have found myself being very critical about those around me on a daily basis.  It has left me feeling a little out of sorts as of late, especially for the holiday season, something I am working on to feel more uplifted and more in tune with the christmas spirit.

I posted the picture of the lone tree standing in the field alone as the “picture of the day”, it was the latest image I took and it is by no means a sampling of my creativity and professional ability it was taken on my cell phone as I was driving to another location to work.  I stopped and took a picture, and then looked around to survey the surrounding area and then looked by to the tree this time noticing the trunk all twisted and mangled and then to the green foliage on top, the grass beneath it brown and dyeing as the seasons change to winter here. It stood out to me because it looked to have a story to tell saying I have not changed just because everything around me has and I will not bend to the pressures of the world.  It is overcoming the adversity it endures everyday and I wonder what thoughts it might have about standing alone in a field day in and day out with the elements constantly pressing it to change and change its character.

I think we are all like this tree, we are individual and the elements around us mold us into the individual we have to become and just like the tree we need to be different than our surroundings just enough to stand a little taller so that we get enough sun shine and reap the benefits of being who we are. Use the challenges and the adversities we have had to overcome to get to where we are going.  Don’t let other people run your life and decide what shape or path you take, smile back at those people that want you to bend down to there level, do what you have to do on the day to day, but do not change your plans for them because they have nothing better to offer you or they would be working on themselves instead of wasting time trying to hold you back from your true self.

Stand alone, there is nothing wrong with it from time to time,