Part of Something Much Bigger

It's easy to romanticize this life. Views like this make it easy to fall in love with what we do on a daily basis. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, actually it's a lot of hard work, but every second is worth it when every day we get to look out and see where heaven meets earth in its (mostly) natural element. It's a raw beauty that we should never take for granted.

This land offers so much peace if you let it. Being outside seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching nature at work has a way of quieting the noise in my head. The grass, the soil, the cattle, the horses, the subtle changing of seasons, the enormous infinite sky, the birth, and even the death....it reminds me that I'm part of something much bigger, and that is comforting. It reminds me that the weight of the world isn't mine to carry alone.

Ranch life also reminds me that so much of what happens in life is out of my control. So much of what we do is unpredictable. And that's where faith has the opportunity to grow deep roots. Deep roots that keep me anchored and centered and remind me to hand off some (or all) of my worries and stress, and trust that it will all work out how it's supposed to.

So yes, I think we should take some time to romanticize this life sometimes. Soak it in and let it resonate all the way to your bones. There is no greater level of serenity. And we are the ones most privileged to get to live this way. That, to me, is about as romantic as it gets.