Things That Really Matter

I enjoy using this blog space to bring humrous stories and anecdotes about life in Costa Rica. This morning I sat down to write, but nothing immediately came to mind. Then a thought hit me. Since I have spent the last hour or so thinking about God, I am motivated to write something about that subject. I don't know where you might be personally on this issue. But I can tell you that living here in Costa Rica can bring you closer to the Creator and Sustainer of all this incredible beauty. That is, of course, if one were predisposed to focus on such matters. The grandeur and majesty of the mountains that face me each morning when I step out onto the balcony of my apartment. The incredible sunsets and brilliant colors that fill the sky up each evening. The many varieties of birds that are singing outside my window and distracting me as I try to write this. The smiling faces of ticos (well except when they are behind the wheels of their vehicles.....then they look more like demons). All of these things bring me closer in my relationship with the man upstairs. All this beauty can't just be by accident, can it? There must be some intelligence behind this incedible work of art that is Costa Rica. It takes less "faith" for me to accept and believe that, than to choose to believe that it is all the result of some cosmic explosion and that this incredible lanscape teaming with every description of life, well, just evolved randomly. Come on. I wasn't born yesterday. Don't worry I am not going to preach to you. Just want to maybe shift your perspective. I don't know where you might be, physically or spiritually. But take a moment to reflect on the beauty that is all around you. The majesty. God is the author of it all. And what is even more fantastic and amazing is that the Supreme Being made you too and loves you more than you can imagine. I hope these blogs about Costa Rica inspire you to one day make a venture here. If you do please look me up. I would love to share more along these lines. And at the same time show off the country that I love and demonstrate to you why it has been said that Costa Rica is....The Last Country God Made!

Pura Vida!

Scott