Ever Traveled Through Kansas?
In order to get home from our visit with our daughter's family in Colorado Springs, it was necessary to travel across the state of Kansas. What I did not know is that a good friend traveled across I-70 just 48 hours before I did. I listened to him tell his perspectives about Kansas: “it is a looooooooong way across Kansas,” “it is really boring,” “everything is so desolate.”
Yet, I saw unlimited potential when I traveled across Kansas. I saw winds farms that are producing more electrical energy than we are capable of retaining, I saw future space for development of culture that might lead to a greener society, I saw possibility.
Traveling through Kansas is a good way to gain insights about your perspectives on life. I prefer to look at the unseen possibility than focusing on present reality. While I cannot and will not deny the truth in any of my friend's comments, I must say that I prefer to look at Kansas through the lens of hope and possibility. I really like this last verse of a song attributed to the Pawnee Indians of Kansas:
Mountains loom upon the path we take;
Yonder peak that rose sharp and clear:
Behold us now on its head uplifted;
Resting there at last, we sing our song.
--Ben Keckler
06.11.09
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