A warm summer evening.
A majestic mountain.
A shimmering full moon.
And two women jaywalking across a busy highway to get the perfect picture without power lines in it.
As we were running across the road, I briefly wondered what the motorists who were being forced to slow down for us must have been thinking. But then again, I really didn't care.
The view was too breathtaking.
An almost surreal picture; the photo I took doesn't even come close to the true beauty of it.
There are places in our world that I believe everyone should visit at least once in their lives. This is one of them, in my humble opinion.
Now to be fair, I'm more than a little partial to this particular mountain.
For comparison's sake, I do have it on my list to visit some of the others around the globe that I am sure are just as beautiful.
My last blog post spoke to how our lives are but a tiny sliver of the universe. Guess that's the theme on my brain after my vacation.
Stay with me here...I've got a point (promise!)
The moon is roughly 238,900 miles away from earth. This, of course, is why it looks incredibly tiny to the naked eye.
But in reality, it's 14.6 million square miles of rock formations, craters and I am sure, a breathtaking landscape.
I think that's like many things in our lives.
From a distance, they look tiny and insignificant but if you get a little closer, you can see their depth and magnitude.
People are like that too.
We may be a tiny sliver in this universe, but many of us are deep and complex. You can't just have a surface-level view and truly see who we are.
You have to look deeper, spend time together, have a conversation, talk about the real things that matter.
Don't just take that picture of the tiny moon from afar.
Run across that busy highway to get a closer look.
Look at it from several different angles.
Appreciate the perspective of that moon and how small it is compared to the majestic mountain and the earth beneath your feet.
But know that the things that appear tiny from afar typically have much more depth than you realize.
Make time in your life every once in awhile to see beyond the surface of the things and the people around you.
You might just find that those that look the tiniest are truly the greatest blessings of all.