Top Of The World

Spring is here, with surprisingly-warmer temperatures, buds, blooms, shoots of green leaves, wildflowers, and everything that makes nature seem soft and new.

I have started getting in the habit of climbing Pinnacle Mountain once a week. And today, my dad accompanied me. The whole time we climbed chatting back and forth, I had this song stuck in my head: Top of the World by The Carpenters. (I know I'm not the only twenty-something who was raised on 70's and 80's music. Right!?)

Such a feelin's coming over me

There is wonder in most every thing I see

Everything I want the world to be

Is now coming true especially for me

Is it stuck in your head now, too? Sorry.

The day couldn't have been more perfect for hiking. A gentle breeze cooled us off from the eighty-degree weather, and the sun ducked in and out of the clouds, playing hide and seek. Wildflowers bloomed bravely in the shallow dips between rocks, and buds stretched tightly just waiting for the blooms to burst the skin. The trees appeared feathery with their new garments, like they had just puffed up from the ground.

So maybe on top of the world sounds a bit over-the-top, but it was exactly how I felt today. I felt like this coming of spring is bringing new things with it. Exciting things. Happy things. Chances for new growth.

Something in the wind has learned my name

And it's telling me that things are not the same

In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze

There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me.