We realize how very fortunate we are to be able to take this six-month sabbatical while we're in our 30s, a mini life-retreat, if you will. But it would be worthless if we didn't use the time and appreciate the daily beauty surrounding us...and the many opportunities we have. Taking time to reflect, think, and engage in an undistracted manner is a luxury not many of us get. Taking time off from our chosen professions may temporarily put a hold on our upwardly mobility, economically speaking, but what we're not earning monetarily we're more than making up for holistically.
For example, so many of us walk by parks daily such as the one shown here, but rarely do we stop and absorb the beauty they hold. I don't know if the image adequately captures the colors of the autumn foliage, but I can assure you, it was so striking that I had to return to photograph it.
Even such simple tasks as taking the dogs out for a walk become more than exercises in just letting them poop; rather, they morph into quality time between us and the dogs, a chance to bond, exercise, and further develop the relationships in life that we often take for granted.
