DAY.TWO> Hayrides and Pumpkin picking

Second day of this journey and its all warm-hearted laughs and un-faked smiles. A group of 7. We knew there was a concert to go to at night which was sure to be a hit but instead of packing the day out with a ton of routine activities, I was invited to go for a hayride and go pumpkin picking. Corny? Yea well I thought so too for a second but I mean thousands of people can' possibly be wrong right? They weren't. We threw on our hoodies, pretended that was enough, and ignored the drizzle as we made our way into a corn maize with the subtle subconscious intent to get lost in it. Why did we want to get lost in it? Hmm...

And get lost we did, escaping just in time to catch the hayride. Well, it was more of just a ride. The hay was non-existent. Going over to the pumpkin fields I thought about how simple this day was and how much it meant to each of us. I thought that if something like this could bring the most real smiles out to the surface and if we could ignore the cold because we absolutely loved the presence of one-anothers company then why couldn't every single day be lived with the intention of enjoying the simplicities of life placed before us in the oddest of ways and times?

We gazed over pumpkins big and small and fought over how they were grown. I claimed my mom had a pumpkin patch in our backyard and was dismissed as a loon. (It IS true, however!) After we each found the "perfect" one, we departed and enjoyed every step that led us back to the warm suv - meant to seat 5, now seating 7. Body heat is under-rated.

I think we all need something to get lost in. I think our souls long for something deeper, more meaningful, and more eternal than the pleasures we sink our teeth into on a day to day basis. I think we long to be somewhere else because it is inherent in us to believe that we are indeed meant for something more - that we are indeed just travelers on this world. What would it look like to be "in this world but not of it?"