Back in Balance

This morning I left home not knowing where I was really going to go but ended up heading towards a short little 5 km trail at Jack Point that I have been wanting to hike for years. Up until a month ago though, I didn't know where the trail head was so was unable to come here and explore.

So although it was raining I decided to give it a try and wow...it was a beautiful little trail and the perfect place to find some alone time and just soak in the quiet of nature. 

Life doesn't always go as we would like, there are curves and twists in it all the time, which I guess is a good thing. As I walked among the arbutus trees filled with twists and curves it reminded me of what life is like. 

They, like the people in our lives are all beautiful and amazing to be with yet there are some trees that look like I feel at times...old and gnarly!

And then others looks so very perfect, like I wish I could be. However nothing is really perfect in this world and we just have to take it as it comes.

We are all so blessed to be surrounded in such beauty and it is a great reminder for me to always be thankful. There is just so much to be thankful for.

And when some days you feel like you are all alone in the world....

a friend just pops by or up and reminds us that we are never alone, there is always someone there when you need them. 

It was a great morning, sitting quietly by the water listening to the waves gurgle around the rocks. As much as I love hiking and caching with my pals, every now and then I need to escape out on my own and just be still with nature.

And as always, after a few hours out in the rain and wind, surrounded in beautiful creation, life is back in balance and my soul is recharged with hope and an inner peace. I am thankful.