Bright Shinny Momements

I have driven to work each weekday for almost 13 years now. Today was no different, but then the things I saw stuck me different?  

I don’t use the freeway but instead drive on the city streets. On the freeway I am surrounded by cars and each has someone inside usually just the driver. Often I notice what they are doing but I don’t spend much time thinking about them.

Today it occurred to me that on the city streets, even with cars still alongside mine, that the roadside seem to have almost no people. The streets are lined with houses and businesses and I assume that most have people inside?

As I slowed down approaching an intersection I noticed a young woman sitting on a bench waiting for the bus.  The first thing that caught my attention was her light sky blue tennis shoes. The blue and the white soles were spotless. The copper rivets in her Levis seemed to shine in the sun. Her pants were a traditional dark blue color with a white shirt loose and hanging over them. Her black rim square glasses complimented her long raven black hair hanging down over her shoulders.  She was an American Indian and her brown skin against her black hair and the way she was dressed just sort of sparkled. 

Her image sparkled. It was shinny and happy. It reminded me of yesterday morning before I went to work. I sat looking to the east out of an upstairs window at the mountains. The trees were full of thick moisture filled leaves and the morning sun seemed to deflect off them. The corners of the leaves were actually like small mirrors. 

The trees sparkled. 

Good to find some bright shinny moments.