This morning I guess I really needed to clear my head and connect with some country. This came in the form of Boony cruisin' with a couple of really awesome ladies in the dodge truck. We sat in the truck blasting country music, laughing, giggling, and bouncing around the truck on some Oklahoma back country dirt roads. We saw some beautiful fields and barns, we talked to some cows, and even had a couple of scares. We were getting a cold front coming in so there were some clouds on the horizon that maybe it all the better. One thing you can say about Oklahoma, it has beautiful farmland and beautiful big skies. Both of which make for breathtaking photographs. 
It was a quiet morning at least until the three of us came bouncing through. My two cruisin' buddies needed the head clearing moment just as much as I did. We stopped and talked to the cows. Watched a few sneaking their breakfast on the other side of the fence. You know because the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. As it turns out the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Sometimes we just think it is. One thing I have learned in my forty years is, no matter how green someone's life appears, everybody has brown spots now and then. See these cows are leaning out eating the short grass that is turning quicker even though they have thicker fuller grass in their pasture. I think it is just how they sit it. You know that is just the point. We are all just so busy trying to have the better greener pasture that we are missing what is right in front of us. We need to just stop and look around. If you look at your own pasture you might find it is greener, more peaceful, and happier than those Joneses we always seem to be trying to keep up with. And you never know they might just be look from their pasture at us and think it is greener because we have a more simple life. 
So here is what I am thinking. We need to all slow down take a drive out in the country on a dirt road. Maybe just seeing the simple beauty of the barns, silos, pastures, cows, and big sky then count our blessings. We have our husbands, our kids, our family, we have a place to live, food to eat, electricity to keep it not to hot or cold, we have a way to get around. These are all blessings. We need to keep that in mind a little bit everyday. We need to be thankful for these blessing and not worry as much about our neighbors blessings.
So maybe looking at my pictures that I took will help you realize what I realized this morning. I also realized nothing beats a couple of good friends in a truck boony cruisin' on some red dirt roads. An other thing to remember is always keep a camera with you. You never beautiful sites you might see on a beautiful October Oklahoma morning. Not to mention some awesome country music can cure any thing that ails you.
One more piece of dirt road wisdom, don't forget what you have been through because it made you who you are today. It also made you stronger. So while the future is a little fuzzy right now it will be crystal clear and in the rear view mirror soon.
Peace, Love, and Dirt road happiness.
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