Stop and Smell the Flowers

I've been thinking a lot about the different slices of life that have caught my attention throughout my lifetime, and ones that I am continuously fascinated by time and time again are the stories I hear about people stopping to smell the flowers. I cannot even count the number of times in my life where I have been in such a rush that I forget the things going on around me. I've also had many moments in my life where I've learned to put the hurry aside and stop to soak in my surroundings.

I came across a video that a friend of mine had posted a link to on facebook a few weeks ago that I haven't been able to get out of my head since I first saw it. I urge you

 all to- stop and hear the music. I realize that stopping to smell the flowers is a figure of speech, but when I saw this video I put a new perspective on things. It's understandable to not put aside your daily hurries all the time for things out of the ordinary, but my heart goes out to violinist Joshua Bell. If people can't even turn their heads to look at where beautiful extraordinary music is coming from, what is it really going to take us to stop from living in such a fast paced society?

I hope that there are times in my life that no matter what I'm doing, that some days, I can simply put my rush aside and find that if we stop for just a moment, we might find the most beautiful things have been right there all along.