Simple Beauty

Sometimes you have those days where you just can't seem to pull yourself up, where your motivation is missing, life feels empty and it's like you can't find that sweet spot where life is moving forward and it's good...today is one of those days. But in looking at this picture I am reminded that even though I may be down and life feels somewhat empty, the truth is there is still beauty to be found…there is life, even when it feels out of reach.

 

This bittersweet vine was hanging across a trail we were walking on the weekend, so I snapped a quick shot. When I look at it I see simple beauty, something so small that would have been missed if it hadn't been in my path…otherwise lost among the many trees in the forest…still there, still that simple beauty but unseen. It reminds me of life, who knows if you will be that moment of simple beauty that intersects someone's path…whether it be a kind smile, an acknowledgement, a gentle touch, a kind word…anything that breaths life into another. We never know what those simple, yet beautiful acts do in the lives of those we cross paths with.

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