Something New

Heard one of the strangest sounds ever today. It was a piece of music and now that I think about it, I'm still trying to figure out what exact entered my ear canal.

It was like hearing pans tapped together so softly while going through an orb of an echoing stream of water.

It. Was. Odd.

I quickly found, I wasn't alone in this this opinion. My daughter, Adella, was making the exact eyebrows-raising, head-tilting, what-in-the-world-is-that-noise face. And a thought popped into my head. We both experienced something for the first time-together.

It was weird sure, but it was new. And it stirred my interest a little bit. Because as I heard it I thought-'what is that?' along with 'never heard anything like that before'.

It is interesting to me because a natural thought of fatherhood is that a man tends to grow in wisdom and gains wealth of knowledge to share with their children. This is true-to a point. Because as my parents told me and as I now know as I'm living it, we haven't been through it all. 

And I'm glad. We still have lots of new things to experience each day we are given.

It's refreshing to know there's still a whole world out there for me and everyone else to discover. One that we can share that same feeling with each other.

We have a chance to experience and see and comprehend something new every single day. That's a privilege. That is something special. And I think that can be a beautiful thing. 

Obviously not everything new is good or even awesome to go through. Sometime it's odd like a strange piece of music that confuses you. Sometimes it's a war or the death of a loved one. But regardless we get that chance to know something new and have experience in it. 

Make it something meaningful. 

Make it something you or others won't regret.

Take in that chance.

And be thankful you are a person who gets to have new experiences.