Stand and Stare

It has been a very long time that I have written something. I love to write and narrate my experiences. It has also helped me connect with so many new people and most have become good friends

My earlier posts were about kidney ailment and dialysis followed by how I managed to live on dialysis. My hiking trips were the centre of most of those posts. 

I had a kidney transplant in 2019. My mother donated her kidney at her age of 70. It has been a miracle and by the Grace of God, both of us are doing well health wise

Due to old injuries that I have been nursing, I am unable to hike any longer. Yes, hiking has always been my first love. But I missed nature and photography

We have now discovered road trips. There are so many pristinely beautiful places around Mumbai. It is time to visit them and explore them

Being single, I feel lonely at times specially during the weekends. These trips help me fill that vacuum and also helps me enjoy nature and the outdoors which I am so fond of.

In the last couple of years, Covid notwithstanding, we have done around 5-6 short weekend trips and each of them has been unique and memorable in its own way

Our plan is also amazing. We dont plan any stops or halts on the way. When we are driving, if we pass by any picturesque place, we stop there and enjoy the natural beauty. We take photographs for recording the moment. But most importantly, we just stand and stare

I remember the famous words of William Henry Davies 

Leisure 
William Henry Davies

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?-

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows:

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

In our case, we make the time to stand and stare !

I guess that makes us rich.......very rich