Looks like this! The road takes me right through the middle of Runnymede, a historical site which witnessed, in 1215, King John's sealing of the Magna Carta. It always strikes me as funny when i think about it that somewhere like this and Windsor with it's Royal Castle are places i spend time and money going to see and experience "properly" on holiday, and yet because i live near them i take them for granted, and using the example of Windsor Castle, have only been once for about 45 mins (i get free entry as a resident of Royal Windsor!) If this post was going to go spiritual now, it would be about gratitude being the foundation of happiness (and no not just about castles, or even castles at all! but generally in life.) We all tend to spend time thinking about what we want and we don't have, instead of reflecting on the people, experiences and life we do have and being grateful for that. My desk buddy (Shilpz) and i at work have this quote stuck on the wall between our desks "in daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy" It sounds a simple blah blah quote, but if you think about it - its quite true, rather than always thinking about what you don't have which can lead to frustration and disappointment, really take a look at what you do have and realise that many people don't have anywhere near that, and be grateful! Bit of a meander into spiritual thought there, but i actually DO think these thoughts whenever i drive this stretch of road, even though its always at 5mph in the rush hour commute, but i am grateful for having this as my view rather than a motorway or inside of a tube train, and even grateful for the slow moving traffic, so i can take it all in, and in this case wind down a window and capture this shot! Life is good. Amen. :)
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