Do you enjoy stopping to notice little beautiful things… or are you usually too focused on where you’re headed?

Question

I was walking through the garden noticing all the tiny beautiful details…

and it made me wonder how different people move through the world.

Some people soak in the little moments along the way, while others stay focused on their destination and what matters most.

Which are you more like?

Lliam · Accepted Answer

@7phoenix7 I'm with  you  ! I love beautiful, old architecture, flowers and nature. My wife and I moved from a suburb in southern California to a rural area in northern California 24 years ago and couldn't be happier. We live on 30 acres of oak grassland. It's a west-facing slope and our house, garage and gardens are in the center. I treat the rest like a nature preserve. I love the sunsets. I love the changing seasons and especially spring when the trees get new green leaves, the wild grasses are green, and various flowers bloom. Deer visit our yard and we see wild animals like foxes, jack rabbits, raccoons, possums, squirrels and the occasional bobcat. There are turkeys, lots of quail and a variety of other birds. I also love the lizards and occasional snake. I even like the bugs. We found the most gorgeous orb weaver spider in our garden last year. Bees and butterflies come out in the spring. We have a small orchard of various fruit trees, including lemons, oranges, pink grapefruit and Mandarin. It's wonderful when the trees, bushes and flowers in our yard blossom.  We also have herb and veggie gardens. Tending them and benefiting from their produce is a joy.  There are nearby rivers, lakes, vineyards and orchards. Ranches are all around with horses, cows, sheep and goats. There are also rice fields and wetlands nearby full of a wide variety of water fowl.  My wife and I always take note of the sights and sometimes stop to take photos. In southern California, I used to visit nature a lot - the ocean, the mountains, the deserts. My friends and I hiked and backpacked in some wonderful places and saw some amazing things. I love the coastal redwoods and have visited many state and national parks. My wife and I spent our two week honeymoon in New England at the height of fall. It was magical. Seeing New England in the fall had always been on my bucket list.  Did you say the photos you took were from Descanso Gardens? I used to go there. I remember first going there with my mom, dad, sister and maternal grandparents. My grandparents had the most beautiful garden and loved nature. A couple of my favorite places were the Los Angeles Arboretum and the Huntington Library.  I also had a membership at the South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes when I lived nearby. I would take girls there on dates, or just go there to chill, and often go there to study for college courses.  Our Earth is beautiful and nature fills me with joy, awe and gratitude.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Accepted Answer

I don't have time  for gardens of roses and other flowery things. I don't have time  for mallards chillaxing at the river. I don't have time  for close-up of roses that aren't red. I move through the world like the unstoppable hi-speed train, that I am. I don't take passengers. I'm on a mission. I have one goal and one destination. I'm the alpha and the om----- Oh, look, a butterfly ! 😊

sage2021 · Accepted Answer

I remember my first Fall in East Tennessee. I had never seen all of the beautiful leaves on the trees before.

One day I was driving around the lake near my house, and I saw the most beautiful trees everywhere and it took my breath away.

I pulled my car over and got out and just took some time to take in their beauty.

Some were crimson red, the one next to it was apricot orange and others that were lemon yellow mixed in.

I had a hard time pulling myself away from them and getting on with my day.

Beckybooboo · Accepted Answer

Yes! Ever since I moved up North from Florida, I appreciate seeing buds on the trees and I actually took pictures of my daffodils blooming! Today, the town workers cut the shoulders of the road. To me, the smell of grass being cut, is the smell of summer! I can't help but wonder where you are, surrounded by all that beauty but that's where I wanna be!

Apulu_backagain · Answer

You know what? We have a garden with beautiful flowers and palm trees, and the garden is filled with squirrels, parrots, sparrows, cranes, jasmine scent... and a fat orange cat.

I sometimes go to garden to soak in the little beautiful details whenever I am overstimulated. That fucking big orange of a cat, for some reason, always take A HUMUNGOUS SHAT INFRONT OF ME ON THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER BED! YO FATTY KITTY!

BCRanger10 · Answer

I'm better about it now than I was in the past. I don't listen to podcasts in the car as much as I used to anymore for that reason. For one thing, I'm starting to appreciate silence more. I live in a very urban area, so there's not a ton of the beauty of nature around, but I do enjoy the routes I drive; the nature that is there (little though it is) is nice, or the buildings look really nice, or where they're set up.

Still-alive · Answer

Im a sucker for views so absolutely. Also if there’s any cats or other animals i may try to say hi or take a pic Kitty while i was out delivering let me pet it View of the port of LA from a distance

MrOracle · Answer

Some of each.

Some days are really busy work days and I have to focus on getting the job done as quickly as possible and I can't afford to be distracted. Other days aren't as busy, which affords me the ability to look around and appreciate the world around me, and I do.

Running a small business means every day is different from the last. One week I may only have work 3 days of the week, and another might require working 7 days of the week. It's just the nature of the job.

MisterWack · Answer

In a world where the big things go off the rails, it is nice to stop and notice the things around us, that we might take for granted.

That is truly beautiful to walk around a garden taking it all in, thank you for sharing.
And very handsome duck if I must say.

midnightmoon05 · Answer

Yes. I also like to feel them… brush my hand on top. Smell the air. Love nature.

ohsheeT · Answer

Yes I do a lot more of it than I ever have but it's usually in nature

The Earth is really really beautiful I mean there's so many different beautiful places everywhere and for me I want to see everything

Iron_Man · Answer

Yes, beautiful Flowers if you go to North Carolina, they have the Blue Ridge Parkway there’s all kinds of beautiful scenes that you can stop and look at the mountains and such even though I don’t live their I vacation there Asheville, North Carolina

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

Sometimes I have a cigarette just so I have an excuse to do this. Or to watch the sunset. It's sad because people rush so much, you almost stick out in a bad way for stopping and appreciating things.

Abbycado · Answer

I focus on one flower, which is to say, my destination. 🫢

Phoenix98 · Answer

I am very much a stop and smell the roses kind of guy but I'm also random, spontaneously and easily distracted. Honestly I'm kind of a mess now that I think about it. I'll turn a trip to the gas station into a hour trip around town gathering snacks that sound good just because.

Yesterday I was enjoying the little things by enjoying the view of the fields n grass outside and was like ah what a beautiful day and then I get attacked by a swarm of sweat bees.

whosnumber_1 · Answer

I do because I realize now that even if you "live in the moment" it's already passed you by as it happens.

Shiprex · Answer

I do this and sometimes go back if I miss something.

VioletHaze · Answer

I am focused on where I am headed. Like a horse with blinkers. But I like stopping if I see a peculiar bug or a wild animal. Plants do not fascinate me that much unless its a fungi of any sorts.

LC75LC71 · Answer

While I remain a hardheaded man approaching my 50's, I've done my best to appreciate the little victories in life.

Circushowcowboy · Answer

I feel targeted. Jk very pretty pictures! I like to stop and take in the scenery as well

Hunter-40m · Answer

The conditions we are in mostly effect the way we see and notice the small moments in life. The job we work the salary we have also effect the living standarts of ourselves higher standarts provide more qualified perspective of life

AydenHazor · Answer

I think the journey is of far more value than the destination. What's the point of getting where your going if you can't appreciate the beauty you encounter along the way?

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

Miss phoenix can be fit between the flowers, you won't notice the difference 😁

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

How 'bout big beautiful things... such as BOOBS !!!

molonski2 · Answer

Now , I have time , I can certainly appreciate having time to " smell the roses " ...

Tarifa · Answer

Yss, and I usually carry a camera with me to capture those fleeting moments.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Sometimes I will just sit somewhere to take it all in.

Massageman · Answer

If we plan the stops along the way, we stop.

AgentG111 · Answer

I've stopped. Taken pictures or just sat and enjoyed it m

Anonymous · Answer

Nope, my life sucks too much, so I have no time to notice those things.

thegreenyogi · Answer

Yes I do. It's something I do everyday.

Billlewis · Answer

Yes, because I don't drive.

WhitneySnow · Answer

I enjoy that too

exitseven · Answer

Sometimes I notice the little things.

Staximus · Answer

When I remember to

Jeff51 · Answer

Yes. Sometimes

msc545 · Answer

I do as much of both as I possibly can.

fish5505_87 · Answer

🙃🙂!

strateguy632 · Answer

I do

bubblydoubles · Answer

Both !!

Honeyateleven · Answer

I love when I see white clouds and cows

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