Where Is Your Mystical Park Bench?
Page 2
As he was walking he was drawn in a direction he had previously not ever walked, or even drove for that matter. The scenery was unfamiliar, yet beautiful. The breeze felt refreshing, and Jose felt lightness in his step. Just then Jose started noticing things he had not noticed for as long as he could remember.
He heard birds singing. He smelled the sweet smell of a bakery. He heard children playing and he saw people smiling. This all felt so good. As Jose continued to walk he noticed a clearing that looked to be an apparent ending to the city where a lush green park greeted him. This park looked amazing. It seemed to be something out a childhood book. There were tall trees swaying in the wind. The grass was soft as velvet. There was an old baseball diamond that appeared to be abandoned for quite some time as it was overgrown.
Deciding to walk through the park Jose headed towards the trees in the rear of the park and walked into the shadowy canopy they offered. Here he discovered an old park bench facing a stream. Jose was not even thinking about work, or any other situation that he worried about for the past year. He decided to sit and watch the stream. This has a hypnotizing effect on him as he felt the internal pressures he clung so tightly to releasing and traveling far away from him.
What was life anyways? Was it supposed to be about being ambitious and climbing a corporate pyramid? Was it supposed to be a struggle to balance all aspects of work and home life? Was he put on this earth to apply his mind to a job of some sort and black everything else out? At that moment he decided not. It did not matter how bad things looked, Jose was not going to worry, or even try like he had so aggressively done before.
He stayed at the park until the sun started hung low in the sky before starting back to his soon to be vacated apartment (although he did not even give that part any thought). Realizing he was hungry Jose gave way to the pleasant smells of the bakery he passed on his way to the park.
Coincidentally, once inside he ran into one of the people who offered him work that he turned down. Letting by gones be by gones, Jose said hello and smiled at the woman who at one time sat behind a desk with an opportunity for him. She said hello back and they started small talk.
Turned out the firm she was working for was still hiring and if Jose wanted the job she was willing to arrange transportation for him and give him a signing bonus so that he could get caught up with rent.
Amazed at how life can work sometimes Jose graciously accepted the position and reflected thought of his life before retiring to sleep that evening. The day he decided to let go of the beliefs he held to tightly to that prevented him from even seeing, was the day things started happening as if by an invisible force beyond his control. It was also the day Jose discovered he could be happy and enjoy life!
Copyright 2005 Paul Bunting
About The Author
Paul Bunting founded the Bryn Marr Institute. For additional information or to contact the author please visit http://www.brynmarrinstitute.com.
|
Where Is Your Mystical Park Bench?
Back to Page 1
|
