Step Back, Relax...

Step Back, Relax...I toke these photos awhile ago, like spring break-so just a few months ago, but I didn't have the time to upload them. I didn't edit these, I thought about it but 1) my photoshop skills is not up to par. 2) to me, I feel like when you edit things it ruins the natural beauty of it. Over Spring Break, I went to Golden Gardens after work to hang out with a couple of my friends. While, I was there, watching the sunset and just relaxing a bit felt so amazing. To just take a step back from everything and absorb the sun rays and breathe in the fresh air. I sat there, looking at the amazing view and was in awe of the beauty of the skies, water and clouds. In our daily lives, we overlook so many things that are happening right before our eyes. As I was sitting there, I saw this little girl (pics 3 and 4) she was trying to skip rocks, and was playing in the sand. Not to sound like a complete creeper. Then her father came beside her and was just making sure she didn't dive into the ocean. She was happy and content, at least she seemed happy and content. That little girl probably wasn't planning what she was going to do tomorrow but instead was thinking how big of a 'plunk' sound can she make with that little rock that fits in the palm of her hands. She was happy to the simplest pleasure in life, something that we all tend to forget because we get so caught up in everything that is going on in our daily lives. However for me, that day, I was happy and content. At least for the few hours I was there for. I soaked in the scenary, toke some photographs, but most importantly I didn't work. I didn't take photos to sell, to photoshop later in the day etc. I didn't think about the problems going on with my family, or aunts and uncles. Didn't think about friendships or regrets. I didn't think about philosophy. I didn't try to justify anything that does happen in the world. I was happy and content. I felt very lucky that I was able to take away a couple hours from my busy schedule to admire the sunset.  When I was taking these the techy mind wanted to go to my car and grab my tripod out and start taking photos, however, after reviewing them on my camera I was happy. If you notice the first couple photos are not perfectly straight. I could have fixed that with a tripod and some editing but I decided not to. This is because I view the world as slanted. This world isn't perfect so neither is the horizon. This slant can symbolize many things depending on the person. For me, this slant shows that nothing in this world is perfect but because it is not perfect is it great. Life isn't what we always want it to be and sometimes are view gets slanted, and bad things do happen in this world. But if we are able to see things from a different perspective and is able to grow stronger and become a better fighter. Its like conditioning, you don't condition in the easiest environment because well then you would have just wasted your time. For the best martial artist is not merely someone that can do a kick perfect but someone who can do a kick in many different angles and views.

 

-R