Unexpected Things

It’s funny how amazing things happen when you least expect them. When I went for a run the other day, I didn’t expect anything out of the ordinary to occur. It was drizzling at the beginning, but since I was armed with a sweatshirt, determination, and two friends to distract me from it, we jogged along anyway. After a while, we had run out of things to talk about and were continuing down the road quietly, thinking about what to talk about next. We went on our usual route, which circled a football field. Suddenly, right in front of us, was a deer, grazing on the football field. Looking up at us, she quickly scampered off into the trees, gone.

When we finished our run, I was still thinking about the deer. The deer was so impressive in itself, but even more so because I wasn’t expecting it. If I went out running expecting to see a deer, I wouldn’t have found one. But there I was, focusing on trying not to trip and fall in front of my friends, when I saw a deer.

I think it’s like that with most things. Beauty is most thrilling when it’s something you never anticipated seeing. But that’s what’s so exciting. Seeing something beautiful, especially in nature, can take you where you never thought you were going.