Somtimes Silence Is The Answer...

I once remember hiking the grand canyon with Sean and Ryan Stryffeler, It was breathtaking the ravines so deep you couldn't see to the bottom, the sky so large you could see miles away, everything seemed to be endless, No picture can capture the scale or beauty of such a place... We all decided that we would try to make the journey down and back in one day (Highly not recommended by me or anyone else) as we proceeded down the steep cliffs I realized that my body was not ready for such a challenge, I told the others to go ahead without out me and that we would meet at the top later in the day...I found myself sitting on a large boulder that over hung the deep ravines, I noticed everything around me was completely still, the wind had lost it's crisp sting and the snow had all reached the ground, So when in Rome... I was still... I found myself thinking of the past two months on the road I had shared with my best friend Sean, contemplating life and how it was and how it was "supposed to be"... Then I realized that it was a Sunday, a brisk one at that... I was alone and enjoying it (Not something I can usually say) I found myself praying and singing to my God... It was probably one of my best memories of all time...
Well for all of you who don't know this past month has been filled with vacations for me... Good for the mind not so much for the pocketbook... I spent eight days in sunny South Carolina and ten days in the beautiful mountains of Colorado... Yes, amazing in their own ways, like the sunrises on the beach and the stunningly large sky's of the west... Both had so much to offer... I found myself busy with family, waking up late and going to bed early justifying my laziness do to a word called Vacation.
On my return I realized that this past month I haven't opened my bible, said a prayer (other than the usual "Thanks for the grub in my tub" prayer, or even listened for God ... I am almost angry about the situation... I remember at the beach wondering why I wasn't blown away by its beauty, Inside I knew that I wasn't looking for anything beautiful I was too busy...
I guess I am just blown away by how amazing things around me can be, but if I don't keep my eyes open and my mind still, I might be wasting some if not most of my day...