I never thought that an old photo of a pre halloween fun day with my high schoolmates in california would make me smile and wonder.
The excitement of being a child again playing the maze race.
The confusion where to go and who to follow.
The whisperings that i seldom hear
when i’m too busy searching for the signs.
The distractions when i sometime stop
staring at that huge orange pumpkin
wondering why it’s only hugely appreciated
during halloweens.
I do get lost sometimes
not because i don’t read the signs,
not because i don’t listen and see,
Yes, i do get lost
when my eyes are widely open
when the road is too clear
and the sky is too bright
because when you think
that everything is all right
you seldom find a way.
And most of the time
it is only when the doors are all closed
that i noticed the windows.
Kindly Click This and Read Doors and Windows. Thanks
**Photo was taken while visiting my high schoolmates in California. They brought me to Dell’Osso Family Farm in Tracy for a wonderful game of racing through the biggest corn maze in the United States. I lost in the race but win priceless memories of bonding with my classmates and their kids. How time flies.
Copyright © 2014 Joys of Joel by Joel F. All Rights Reserved.
I loved the last 2 lines …it is only when the doors are all closed
that i noticed the windows. So very true and so very positive.
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Thanks Somali for your positive and kind comment.
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I love the last paragraph 🙂
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Thanks Dotedon.
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Love this
Thanks 😊
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Thank you Lamarrwenrich. I’m glad you love it.
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Welcome 😊
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Wonderful insight Joel!
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Thanks Nicodemas.
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Reblogged The Maze Race and commented:
DON’T BBE TOO A-MAZED!
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Thanks Jonathan.
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Great piece! This looks like this was a fun time Joel!
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Yes it was Jarrod. Thanks for dropping by.
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’twas a good read! i like it!
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Salamat The Hut Owner. By the way can i have your first name so i can address you properly if you don’t mind.
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you can call me rams! it’s in contracted form, i like it that way, Joel… 🙂
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Salamat Rams. Nice name sounds like very military, you know the RAM forces of the Philippines, oops, Armed Forces i mean. 🙂
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yes, i remember that… but a little further, i remember what was written at the hood of our McArthur owner jeep before, “RACING CAMS”, OOOPS! my brother pulled out the engine and transferred it to a pump boat…he bought a 2nd hand engine for the replacement …thanks a lot for the Ram boys, hehe!
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Oh, now you’re talking. History. Racing cams in a maze race. Brave and greatlooking ram guys. 🙂
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i think they have risen at the wrong time…oopps! my fishing line moved!
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Don’t bait me, it’s not halloween yet. Go fish. 🙂
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i have a catch! …..thank you for the fish net, Joel! …and the fishing hook! Lol!
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Better be sure it’s not a crappy fish . Well , a catch is a catch..big or small. lol
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it’s huge!!
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🙂
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The last paragraph is quite profound. Doors and windows…
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Thanks Janmalique for sharing your thought. Thanks too for stopping by.
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My pleasure. Always interesting readibgbotger people’s work.
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It is. Thanks. Have a great weekend.
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Apart from the typo and bad internet connection! Have a good weekend as well.
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It’s okay. No worries, i’m not your english professor, just your beautiful follower… Trying so hard to make you smile with this comment….
Thanks again. ..
Feel free to drop by anytime.
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I will do Joel. A bad internet connection where I live is the bane of my life. Good to laugh though. I moan about it now and again. 🙂
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I understand. Nothing beats having a bad neighbor and a bad internet, not in that order of course. Thanks for stopping by. Appreciate it.
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I see that I read, liked and commented on this post last year 🙂
“Yes, i do get lost
when my eyes are widely open
when the road is too clear
and the sky is too bright
because when you think
that everything is all right
you seldom find a way.”
I like add something that you taught me today: “One is never truly lost Every road leads somewhere” That’s why you notice the windows 🙂
You ALWAYS write beautifully! 🙂
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Thank you Paola. Can’t thank you enough for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I appreciate it. Thanks for your encouraging words.
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Joel, it’s really a pleasure 🙂
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Thanks.
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