What Am I Missing?

Have you ever walked out of a museum, garden, or entertainment experience 

and wondered if you missed anything? 

I have. 

I am one of the lucky few in this world that has had the opportunity to visit the unbelievable Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy. I can guarantee you there were a million and a half things I missed in that place. Everywhere you looked - up, down, left, right - everywhere there was art. The beauty and intrigue was endless and I constantly dream of returning to the Eternal City one day.

Here, however, in the mundane everyday life we live, we often overlook those things that were meant for beauty when created. They might be right in front of our noses or right over our heads. 

  This photograph is not from Roma, but instead from a gem of a place called Busch Stadium, in St. Louis. When I go to a game I usually make a dash for my seat and the glory of the field in front of me. The sights, the sounds, the smells of the game...I love it. But while on a stadium tour I saw something I had never before seen during my multiple visits to the stadium. I had time to take in sights I had never been allowed to see before, or just simply overlooked. 

Sometimes when we are in the most beautiful garden we can imagine, 

we still forget to stop and smell the roses.

 And sometimes, we just need to look up.

Today's photograph is not one of my best. Anyone can see that. I believe a photograph can capture more than perfection though. It can capture a feeling, emotion, thought, and memories without perfection. That is what this one does for me. 

It reminds me to stop, take a look around, and ask What am I missing?