wide open space

What is it about walking past fields of green and smelling wild flowers?  A couple friends have been so kind to let me stay at their house while I work at the prison (it is a much shorter drive than from my house).  City life is so stimulated with flashing signs, crowded streets, a variety of loud noises, neighbors, cars, and more cars, that I forget how to appreciate the simple things God has created for us.   After work today I went walking through the neighborhood.  The crisp air was refreshing.  The evening sky was streaked with purple, blue, crimson, orange, and pink, with the most perfect white puffy clouds and airplane trails!  Past the many fields through the distance was  Superstition mountains range.  The birds were chirping and the crickets singing.  The smell of farming mixed with wild flowers mildly struck the Olfactory nerve.  Children's laughter floated through the air.  It was a sweet reminder of the more important things of life.