Ruminator

Photo by: Tim Bindner Photography Please don’t judge me.  I hear that saying all the time.  I feel it is an impossible request.  You judge I judge, we all judge.  We use our eyes, ears, nose, thoughts and beliefs and judge based on what we experience that is different than our own. This past Saturday I headed out to hike at my favorite hiking spot.  As I headed down the road a little before 8 am I was approaching a car with flashing lights in my path.  There were two cars in front of me.  The slowing drove around the car and then headed on.  I slowly drove around the car looking in to see that the front and side airbags had deployed and I could not see anyone inside the car.  I drove a little bit further and pulled into the first driveway I came to.  I got out of my car and ran back to a vehicle that had the entire front end smashed.  As I was doing so three other cars slowly drove by and continued. I approached the car from the passenger side and the side airbag slowly lifted from the...

Photo by: Tim Bindner Photography This week I returned to the trails and I needed it.  Nature provided me the release I was seeking and I took full advantage. I arrived early Friday morning to my favorite spot, Mt. St. Francis.  The temperature was around 40 degrees and provided me an instant jolt of energy.  I parked, grabbed my backpack, camera and started down the path toward the lake.  From the parking lot, I could see the fog rising from the lake and it provided me an eerie yet cozy feeling.  The sun was just breaking the horizon and cutting through the fog.  All adding to the splendor of this wonderful place. As I approached the lake out of the fog rose a tree that was gentle being kissed by the morning sun rays with a backdrop of a light fog rising from the lake.  I paused for a moment, captured the shot and thought of the irony that this scene provided.  The fog represented my anxiety and stress slowly floating away, and the rays of the sun were warming my soul.  It was a wonde...

Photo by: Tim Bindner Photography This week I question why you are right and everyone else is wrong.  Why my opinion is the only one that matters. In this day and age, we live in a society of affirmation, not information.  We justify everything we feel by affirming what we feel or believe without researching the information to see if we are right.  I recently had a conversation with someone who claims to ask for help and/or advice but regardless of what I say this person always does what they want anyway.  This is a pet peeve of mine.  If you don’t want an answer to a question you are going to ask me, or better yet argue with my answer, don’t ask. This person I am referencing is not alone.  Most people these days are like that.  I am guilty of myself.  If I watch the news, I find the channel that will justify my political beliefs, moral beliefs, beliefs in religion, sports, heck even my camera gear.  If I believe in anything I can find some way to affirm it.  What society lacks is the ...