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*On a lovely day in Clingendael Park, The Hague (image from February 2019) — © Marie Rebelle*

PHOTOGRAPHY

Take The Footpath, Not The Highway

Step out of the rush of life; seek moments of peace

If life were a highway, I would still look for the footpath, for walking that, I would learn about us, enjoying the extra time to do so.

~ Tom Althouse

Every time in 2020 my daughter and I had a photo outing planned, the virus messed with our plans. No, not that either of us got sick, but because we went into lockdown and the urgent advice was: stay home.

So, we did.

I love to go out with her, to just walk and talk and stop now and then to take a photo of fungi or flowers, of the sky and the trees, or the footpath ahead.

It seems I have a thing for footpaths, or roads stretching out ahead and disappearing in the distance.

I’m sure there’s food for psychologists there.

A footpath in the middle of the country, taken on a sunny afternoon in May 2018 — *© Marie Rebelle*

The lyrics of the song, The Road Ahead by City to City captures the essence of a footpath or road ahead.

Horizon in the distance So close and yet so far away

You shouldn’t be surprised when on arrival The dream has flown away And fears not here to stay

Is that the magic of the footpath, not knowing what lies ahead? Being excited about what you might find, but also scared you won’t find what you are looking for?

A lovely footpath around the historical town of Willemstad on a cold January day in 2018 — *© Marie Rebelle*

The road ahead never gives away a promise The road ahead is a highway or a dead end street

Whenever we embark on a journey, whether on a highway or a footpath; whether a physical journey where we walk or travel somewhere, or a mental one, where we try to make sense of life, we never know what we will find when we arrive.

Life takes us on twists and turns, and I believe everything happens for a reason. The good, the bad, and the ugly. We learn lessons as we travel those roads; lessons that can serve us well when we come to travel a new road.

A nature area in Barendrecht (image from June 2019) — *© Marie Rebelle*

Raindrops on your windscreen They fall From heaven or from hell

You drive into the light Or into darkness Uncertainty as your guide

A footpath in the Biesbosch, leading over a bridge (image from August 2017) — *© Marie Rebelle*

And nothing is sure along the way Not even tomorrow With miles of the unknown Ahead of you

Sometimes we know what will happen, because we traveled the road before. We have walked the same footpath repeatedly, so there’s nothing unknown about it.

But is this really true?

Do we always know what awaits us? Even if you have traveled the road before, you might come across something unexpected the next time you are there again.

One of the many footpaths in the Biesbosch (image from September 2017) — *© Marie Rebelle*

The road ahead is empty It’s paved With miles of the unknown

Whatever seems to be your destination Take life the way it comes Take life the way it is

That’s just it, isn’t it?

We should take life the way it comes; the way it is. Life happens to all of us. Sometimes it’s good, and sometimes it’s bad. We all have our highs and our lows. Life offers us happy times, but also those sad ones, where you feel you will never be happy again.

We all come out on the other side, whatever seems to be our destination, as the song says. We need the low times to appreciate the better times, or simply be happy with what we have.

It doesn’t always have to be bigger and better.

What we have is good enough, and it makes us happier to just Take life the way it is than to always want more.

The above are not things I actively think of when I snap a shot of a footpath ahead of me, but subconsciously those thoughts might be present.

Like I said above… food for psychologists.

*A footpath on the peninsula Rozenburg, from where you can see the container ships entering the harbor (image from May 2019) — © Marie Rebelle*

*A road in the nature reserve Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen leading towards the ocean (image from August 2018) — © Marie Rebelle*

*Also in the Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen (image from June 2018) — © Marie Rebelle*

A *lovely footpath on an island in the river that runs through Rotterdam — The Island of Brienenoord (image from February 2018) — © Marie Rebelle*

Note: The lyrics used in this article come from the song The road ahead (miles of the unknown) by City to City. Songwriters were Jan De Roos / Rens Van Der Meer. Lyrics: © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC)

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