{"id":214,"date":"2008-05-29T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2014-08-16T22:17:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T05:17:59","slug":"finding-beauty-in-strange-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/05\/29\/finding-beauty-in-strange-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Beauty in Strange Places"},"content":{"rendered":"
I love finding beauty in strange places – peeking out from garbage bins or rising up from the cracks in a sidewalk.<\/div>\n
\"beauty<\/a>
\nA few months ago, I tossed aside my purse and re-purposed my camera bag to serve both it’s original purpose and carry all my bits that the purse would have handled.<\/div>\n

This may possibly be the smartest thing that I have ever done.<\/p>\n

Now I carry my camera around with me every where I go.<\/p>\n

I look at things differently when I have a camera handy. I notice things that otherwise would have escaped my attention. I focus more on the here and now and less on where I’m going and where I’ve been; I forget to worry. As a result, I’m happier. And to double that happiness, I actually know that I’m happy. Right here, in the here and now, not a distant memory of some former happiness.<\/p>\n

I’m happy, and I know it.<\/p>\n

Clap your hands.<\/p>\n

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