"MY NOCTUM LENSES REFLECT HOW I LIVE LIFE ALIVE"

BY: GENEVIEVE COULSON

A FEW MONTHS AGO I BEGAN A JOURNEY, IN A LITERAL AND METAPHORICAL SENSE, AS I MOVED OUT TO COLORADO. UPON ARRIVING, IT ONLY MADE SENSE TO PLAN A WEEKEND THAT WOULD TAKE ME UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO BEGIN EXPLORING SOME OF THE ABUNDANT NATURAL BEAUTY THAT COLORADO HAS TO OFFER. SO MYSELF, GOOD FRIEND AND FOUNDER OF FOOTPRINTS, SETH BUNTING SET OUT TO GRANBY LAKE.

WE WENT EXPLORING IN NOCTUM SUNGLASSES. WINDING THROUGH TREE-LINED HILLS, LOOKING OUT OF WATER, SCRAMBLING OVER SAND COLORED ROCKS IT WAS AN INTO-THE-WILD KIND OF DAY. SOMETIMES IT'S THE SIMPLEST, SMALLEST THINGS THAT LEAVE US FEELING THE MOST ALIVE. I WAS REMINDED OF THIS WHILE I SAT, QUIETLY, PEACEFULLY, OVERLOOKING THE LOOK. 

WE WERE WAITING ON THE SUN SET WHEN SETH CAUGHT OF REFLECTION OF IT ON THE NOCTUM LENSES. A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE WAS CAPTURED AND A PRECIOUS MOMENT WAS SAVORED.

AS I LOOKED AT THE NATURAL BEAUTY BEING REFLECTED BACK AT AM IT WAS THEN THAT WAS I REMINDED OF THE PHRASE, "BE THE CHANGE". AS I CONTINUE DOWN THE UNFORESEEN PATH OF WHATEVER NEW ADVENTURES LIE AHEAD, I AM INVIGORATED, I FEEL ALIVE. WHENEVER I SEE SOMETHING WONDERFUL, CREATIVE, INSPIRING, MOTIVATING OR BEAUTIFUL AROUND ME I AM ENCOURAGED TO REFLECT THAT POSITIVE ENERGY. BIG AND SMALL, UP MOUNTAINS AND DOWN VALLEYS, GETTING THROUGH THE DAY TO DAY, WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING ADVENTURES OF OUR OWN. AS YOU JOURNEY ON YOUR WAY, REMEMBER TO REFLECT THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE, AND REFLECT HOW YOU LIVE LIFE ALIVE!